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Margaret Airey Margaret Airey i(A48551 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 Andrew i "A young man is he, with a heart of fire.", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 31)
1 Our Dreams i "We have walked on this land for 20,000 years", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 31)
1 Insomnia i "Why can't I close my eyes, why can't i sleep", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 29)
1 Know Yourself i "The game he plays with a serious mind.", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 28)
1 Going Home i "The sky is blue, the wind is strong", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 27)
1 My Living Room i "Fire burning, my sons lying around", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 26)
1 My Sons i "Four sons I have born to love and to grow", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 25)
1 Life i "Read your book, or watch TV", Margaret Airey , 1988 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People 1988; (p. 24)
1 y separately published work icon Tagarena a Tear : A Collection of Poems by Aboriginal People Noel Kelly , Ambi McDonald , Margaret Airey , Andrew Cowen , Hobart : Education Department Tasmania , 1988 Z801666 1988 anthology poetry

'This collection of poems is the work of four Aboriginal people... The poems are all personal expressions of emotion that were not originally written for publication.'

'Many of the poems are about prison life, and reflect the loneliness and despair of the individual. In some of these poems we see the over-riding passions of hatred and bitterness, and in other we see the basic human desire to love and be loved in return...' (Source: Introduction p.3)
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