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Daily Poem :Electricity

Geoffrey Lehmann
Wednesday 11 January 1995 19:02 EST
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For copyright reasons we are not able to provide the full text of the poem on this database. Following are the details of the publication in which it appears.

Geoffrey Lehmann is the seventh of 10 shortlisted poets for the TS Eliot Prize for best new collection of poetry. Lehmann works in Australia as a partner in an interntional accounting firm and is one of his country's leading poets. This year's judges areCiaran Carson, Candia McWilliam, John Fuller and Robert Crawford, chaired by Elaine Feinstein. All ten poets will be featured in the Daily Poem until the announcement of the winner on 17 January. This poem is

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