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A must-have collection from one of Australia's finest poets'The outstanding Australian poet of the twentieth century' -Peter Porter O could one write as one makes lovewhen all is given and nothing kept,then language might put by at lastits coy elisions and ineptwithdrawals, yield, and yielding castaside like useless clothes the crustof worn and shabby use, and trustits candour to the urgent mindits beauty to the searching tongue. Gwen Harwood's work is defined by a moving sensuality, a twinkling irreverence and a sly wit. This anthology brings together the best 100 of her poems, as selected and compiled by her son, the writer John Harwood.