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The Tin Wash Dish

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by Les Murray
2015
Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
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This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-two titles published for 2015 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2015 is “Poetry and Conflict”. 21 international poets from 18 different places are invited to participate in recitations, symposia and sharing sessions of the Poetry Nights. A recitation focusing on 10 local Hong Kong poets, “Hong Kong Cantonese Poetry Night” is included. This collection seeks to make accessible the best of contemporary international poetry with outstanding translations.

Table of Contents

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Title Page

Contents

pp. 3-4

1. Kiss of the Whip

pp. 6-11

2. The Gum Forest

pp. 12-17

3. The Bulldozer

pp. 18-19

4. Poetry and Religion

pp. 20-23

5. The Tin Wash Dish

pp. 24-27

6. Shellback Tick

pp. 28-29

7. Dead Trees in the Dam

pp. 30-33

8. It Allows a Portrait in Line Scan at Fifteen

pp. 34-43

9. Deaf Language

pp. 44-45

10. A Postcard

pp. 46-47

11. The Images Alone

pp. 48-49

12. The Moon Man

pp. 50-51

13. The Great Cuisine Cleaver Dance Sonnet

pp. 52-53

14. The Poisons of Right and Left

pp. 54-55

16. Death from Exposure

pp. 56-57

17. The Farm Terraces

pp. 58-61

About the Poet

pp. 62-63

Copyright

pp. 64-64
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