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'Highly Commended, IP Picks National Competition for Unpublished Manuscripts, 2007: Best Poetry. Taking the form of a year-long tanka journal, Kathy Kituai’s collection of poems steers the reader through joyful and sorrowful meditations on her life between two winters. ‘If not challenged, I am most uncomfortable as a poet,’ says Kituai, who, in the ancient Japanese poetry form, has found a medium which both challenges her and allows her to dovetail observations of beloved natural surrounds with emotional journeys. The journal that emerges is drenched in a deep love of nature, and imbued with a searching, insightful sense of the human condition.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: In memory of Rose-Mary Slade Swan
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Carindale,
Camp Hill - Carina area,
Brisbane - South East,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:Interactive Press
, 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- 7th June 05i"news that the cancer", single work poetry (p. 5)
- June, sequence poetry (p. 5-10)
- 8th June 05i"a thought I hold close", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- 9th June 05i"going up the stairs", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- 11th June 05i"burning this morning", single work poetry (p. 7)
- 12th June 05i"strumming on the roof", single work poetry (p. 7)
- 17th June 05i"I can't give my hand", single work poetry (p. 7-8)
- 18th June 05i"when she says", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- 21st June 05i"strands of wool", single work poetry (p. 9)
- 25th June 05i"sitting side by side", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- 26th June 05i"mid conversation", single work poetry (p. 10)
- 1st July 05i"Canberra", single work poetry (p. 11)
- 2nd July 05i"rain on the windscreen", single work poetry (p. 11)
- July, sequence poetry (p. 11-12)
- 4th July 05i"shadows of my hand", single work poetry (p. 12)
- 5th July 05i"head bowed hands folded", single work poetry (p. 12)
- 1st August 05i"on arrival", single work poetry (p. 13)
- 9th August 05i"knowing that it's", single work poetry (p. 13)
- 20th August 05i"more wattles", single work poetry (p. 13)
- August, sequence poetry (p. 13-17)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Two Versatile Collections Show the Potential of Poetry
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 April 2008; (p. 17)
— Review of Straggling into Winter : A Tanka Journal 2007 selected work poetry ; Someone Forgot to Tell the Fish 2007 selected work poetry -
How Poets Work : Beyond Cathartic Writing in Journals
2007-2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 15 no. 1 2007-2008; (p. 31-33)
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Two Versatile Collections Show the Potential of Poetry
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 12 April 2008; (p. 17)
— Review of Straggling into Winter : A Tanka Journal 2007 selected work poetry ; Someone Forgot to Tell the Fish 2007 selected work poetry -
How Poets Work : Beyond Cathartic Writing in Journals
2007-2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 15 no. 1 2007-2008; (p. 31-33)
Awards
- 2007 highly commended IP Picks Award — Best Poetry
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