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A collection of well-known poems from across the ages grouped by topic or event (such as 'Childbirth and Christening' and 'Funerals and Memorial Services'). Australian and international authors are included.
Notes
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Wollongong,
Wollongong area,
Illawarra,
South Coast,
New South Wales,:Five Islands Press
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Invention of Dreamingi"Inside the womb", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- Woman to Childi"You who were darkness warmed my flesh", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Woman's Songi"O move in me, my darling,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Five Days Oldi"Christmas is in the air.", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- A Cradle Songi"Husha-husha-bye!", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Song for My Daughteri"My daughter, my rosy one, my new bloom", extract poetry (p. 19)
- A Problem of Languagei"How praise a man? She cannot vow", single work poetry (p. 23)
- This is My Kissi"This is my kiss, this", single work poetry (p. 35)
- Epithalamiumi"All I give you this day", single work poetry (p. 36)
- A Woman's Worki"Will you forgive me that I did not run", single work poetry (p. 39)
- Advice to a Discarded Loveri"Think, now: if you have found a dead bird,", single work poetry (p. 40)
- Elegy for Drowned Childreni"What does he do with them all, the old king:", single work poetry (p. 55)
- Anniversaryi"So the light falls, and so it fell", single work poetry (p. 57)
- Pietai"A year ago you came", single work poetry (p. 58)
- Death, an Odei"Death, you're more successful than America,", single work poetry (p. 69)
- For the Falleni"They went with songs to the battle, they were young,", extract poetry war literature (p. 74)
- Anzac Covei"There's a lonely stretch of hillocks:", single work poetry war literature (p. 75)
- Beach Buriali"Softly and humbly to the Gulf of Arabs", single work poetry war literature (p. 78)
- All Fall Downi"On the third night the rose", single work poetry (p. 86)
- The News and Weatheri"I smoothed the pelt of the hills with my long looking", single work poetry (p. 87)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Collecting the Contemporary : Australian Poetry Anthologies in the 'Noughties'
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Poems in Perspex : Max Harris Poetry Award 2007 2008; (p. 112-118)
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Collecting the Contemporary : Australian Poetry Anthologies in the 'Noughties'
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Poems in Perspex : Max Harris Poetry Award 2007 2008; (p. 112-118)
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