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'Charmaine Papertalk-Green’s poetry is intense and direct. She says what she means and is willing to take on issues that affect her community from outside and from within. She writes of Indigenous loss, but also about tensions and conflicts among her own people. For Papertalk-Green, culture isn’t in the past, it’s all around in the here and now.' (Source: Publisher's website)
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Dedication: To my parents, Margaret Rose Green (nee Papertalk) and Charles Arthur (CA) Green, and to all my young people- life can seem hard, that's for sure, but keep strong and proud.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Silence-Where?i"The space is not silent", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Four Cornersi"Not the television program", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- Strange Planeti"Strange planet this is", single work poetry (p. 11)
- AID Abroadi"Television ads tells the stories", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Rainforesti"Natural beauty", single work poetry (p. 13)
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Yamitji Rich
"Uncle often said, 'Yamatjis are rich people'"
Rich Yamajii"Uncle often said",
single work
poetry
(p. 14)
Note: This version includes some alterations to the text (rearrangement of lines, additional lines or part lines, change of tense, among others) that do not affect the overall narrative of the poem but which represent a sufficient intervention in the text to make it a separate expression.
- Don't Live in My Pocketi"Isolated family lost", single work poetry (p. 15)
- TAB Addicti"Somebody, something", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Domestic Violencei"They all say it with ease", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Trappedi"Nowhere to run", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Yesterdayi"I stepped back", single work poetry (p. 19)
- One Sole Parenti"Left school at thirteen", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Just Like Thati"When you died I did not know what to think", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Caught Betweeni"Spirituality Strong", single work poetry (p. 22)
- No One to Guide Usi"Feeling Down", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Prison Visiti"Press Button", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Unjust Handicapi"While sitting in your flash house", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Whiteman Teacheri"Whiteman Teacher", single work poetry (p. 27)
- University Lecturei"He lecture", single work poetry (p. 28)
- My Englishi"That becomes dat", single work poetry (p. 29)
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