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y separately published work icon Mayflies in Amber selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Diane Fahey http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/fahey-diane
Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Mayflies in Amber
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Cicadasi"Holes pock the ground;", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
On a Balconyi"I catch and crush them in paper - flies", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 5)
Spring Gardeni"Whether you like it or not,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Collectorsi"Buff shells cling to the pin-oak", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 8)
Musei"Out of so many small deaths sidestepped,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 9)
Cicadas: A Taxonomyi"names from all corners of a continent:", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 10)
Butterfliesi"Orange Lacewing", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 11)
Butterflies on a Bush Trail : Tisiphone Abeona Abeona "at Wentworth Falls"i"An energy guiding me down the track:", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 12)
Cabbage White Butterflyi"For half a century", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 13)
Monarch Butterflyi"Devouring the fluted transparent", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Late Summer Gardeni"The butterflies make no sound, seem always", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Red Admirals in Shropshirei"Borne one after another into the high white room,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 18)
Butterflies: A Meditationi"The poem's creation:", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 19-23)
Caterpillari"A row of white and yellow teeth", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 24)
Chrysalidsi"bubble in time", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 25)
Chrysalisi"Time the incubator", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 26)
Mothsi"Soft, almost unseeing sentinels,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 29)
Cockroachi"Blackly armoured as a dictator's funeral,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 30)
Bedbugi"I inhabit sleeping bodies,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 31)
Licei"Symbols of manliness, once:", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
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