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Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon i(A17034 works by)
Also writes as: Natalie D-Napoleon
Born: Established: 1972
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Australia,
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Gender: Female
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1 Immigration Triction i "No. 17 of 1901", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January - February no. 461 2024; (p. 34-35)
1 The Harvest Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cuttlefish : Western Australian Poets 2023; (p. 73)
1 All That We Come From and All That We Are Afraid Of i "They say that you are wet,", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Into the Wetlands 2023; (p. 4-5)
1 O Human Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Dear Human at the Edge of Time : Poems on Climate Change in the United States 2023; (p. 91-93)
1 If There Is a Butterfly That Drinks Tears i "If there is a butterfly that drinks tears", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 9 2023;
1 Night Stitches i "At this hour the men all look", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 36 no. 1 2023; (p. 16)
1 The Non-Bogus Paradox of Keanu Reeves & Most Serious Choice (A, Most Excellent, Cento) i "You ever have that feeling where you’re not sure if you’re awake or still dreaming?", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 September no. 110 2023;
1 1 y separately published work icon If There Is a Butterfly That Drinks Tears Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , Elizabeth Bay : Life Before Man , 2023 26364222 2023 selected work poetry

'If There Is a Butterfly That Drinks Tears is the second full-length collection from award-winning poet Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon.

'Exploring one the most personal and politically charged experiences in many women's lives - motherhood - this collection of poems was born within the vortex of America's changing social landscape as Obama's message of inclusion gave way to a wave of Trump emboldened exclusion.

'Using various poetic styles ranging from the avant-garde techniques of erasure and cut-up poetry to re- working of traditional forms such as the ghazal, pantoum and sestina, the work encourages the reader to venture beyond the clich©s of motherhood to not only explore its intimacy and beauty, but its deep and abiding contradictions.

'Exploring subject matter such as the choices we make to become mothers or not, the contents of a little boy's pockets on wash day, fractured hearts, broken tea cups, and the destruction of a butterfly chrysalis by a toddler joyfully oblivious to consequence, If There Is a Butterfly That Drinks Tears is an unvarnished and revealing recounting of one woman's journey through motherhood.' (Publication summary)
1 No Moon and Salt i "the", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , May Butko , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , 37 2023; (p. 112-115)
1 Ne Budite Blizu Ograde! i "Ne budite blizu ograde!", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 12 no. 2 2022;
1 A Century of Heat i "Eight miles away in the bush I hid, watched", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 12 no. 2 2022;
1 Miners' R(i)ots Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 12 no. 2 2022;
1 The Long Night of Fear i "‘The Australia Day riots", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 12 no. 2 2022;
1 One Day I’ll Learn to Love Keeping My Mouth Shut i "I live in the shadow", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 12 no. 1 2022; (p. 38-39)
1 Interrupted i "Artist(s): Mother and three-year-old child. Materials: Ink and white-out on book page of Susanna", Natalie D-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 More Flies Than Stars i "more flies", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 131-133)
1 Singing Statistics From Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) Internment Camp (1915) i "15 months — length of time Rottnest was an internment camp –– 1, 104 enemy aliens interned", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 11 2022;
1 The Crackle i "In the bitter morning I tell my son to wet and comb the ‘cocky’ on top of his ryegrass-blonde", Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020-2021; (p. 50)
1 First Blood : A Sestina i "There was a time when the girl", Natalie D-Napoleon , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: In Your Hands 2020; (p. 80)
1 On Day One, We Will Begin Working Natalie D-Napoleon , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 97 and 98 2020;
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