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Helen Boris Helen Boris i(A50524 works by)
Born: Established: 1920
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Ukraine,
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Former Soviet Union,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1949
Heritage: Ukrainian
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1 y separately published work icon Shards of Life : Poems by Helen Boris Helen Boris , Sonia Mycak (editor), Seven Hills : Five Senses Education , 2016 14754942 2016 selected work poetry

'In 1949 a young woman originally from Ukraine alighted on the shores of Australia. She was a refugee, displaced through Soviet occupation of her homeland and the Second World War. She had lived the terror of dictatorship; grieved the death of family and friends; borne the loss of home and the destruction of any semblance of a normal life. 

'Helen Boris would go on to build a new life in Australia. From the earliest days, she wrote poetry, both in English and in her native Ukrainian.

'This is a selection of her English language verse, to share with the reader some fragments of her story, the “shards of her life”.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Me and Mrs Sprat i "Jack Sprat could eat no fat", Helen Boris , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , July no. 35 2004; (p. 53)
1 My Cats i "Three stray cats", Helen Boris , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , July no. 35 2004; (p. 52)
1 My Two Homelands i "My Kiev? My beloved town,", Helen Boris , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , July no. 35 2004; (p. 21)
1 In Stalin's Kingdom i "Two night visitors", Helen Boris , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , July no. 35 2004; (p. 20)
1 Mother Magpie and Her Childen i "Mother magpie had five chidren,", Natalia Zabila , Helen Boris (translator), 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , June no. 34 2003; (p. 41-42)
1 Let's Pretend i "Let's pretend :", Helen Boris , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , June no. 34 2003; (p. 35)
1 Icarus i "The young Merlin", Helen Boris , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , June no. 34 2003; (p. 26)
1 Lamentation over the Land of Polissia i "And we were ordered:", Victor Kordun , Helen Boris (translator), 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , July no. 33 2002; (p. 22-23)
1 I Wish i "How I wish that money would grow on my tree", Helen Boris , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , July no. 33 2002; (p. 20)
1 Displaced Persons i "On that morning they descended", Helen Boris , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Mosaic : An Anthology of Multicultural Writing 1997; (p. 5-6)
1 Untitled i "The summer's end is near. The crepe myrtle in full bloom", Helen Boris , 1991 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , April no. 16 1991; (p. 8)
1 Sharing Poetry i "A stranger among other strangers", Helen Boris , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , December no. 7 1990; (p. 7)
1 History Lesson (June 4, 1989) i "Refresh your memory:", Helen Boris , 1990 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , July no. 6 1990; (p. 19)
1 After the Wedding i "The tables are back at the neighbours,", Vasyl Holoborodko , Helen Boris (translator), 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , November no. 5 1989; (p. supplement)
1 The Red Vigil i "Red stripes are floating all over the floor,", Vasyl Holoborodko , Helen Boris (translator), 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , November no. 5 1989; (p. supplement)
1 A Ballad About the War i "A truck has no wheels", Vasyl Holoborodko , Helen Boris (translator), 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , November no. 5 1989; (p. supplement)
1 The Collector of Coloured Pencils i "Life was a grey as the rubbish tips in Donbas,", Vasyl Holoborodko , Helen Boris (translator), 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , November no. 5 1989; (p. supplement)
1 A Meeting with My Brother i "At a street corner we bought a paper cornet", Vasyl Holoborodko , Helen Boris (translator), 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , November no. 5 1989; (p. supplement)
1 Untitled i "The sunrays shine upon", Vasyl Holoborodko , Helen Boris (translator), 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Imagery and Expression , November no. 5 1989; (p. supplement)
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