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y separately published work icon Life, Love and Pain : An Anthology of Poems Written by Stolen Generations Link Up (NSW) anthology   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Life, Love and Pain : An Anthology of Poems Written by Stolen Generations Link Up (NSW)
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Notes

  • It comes from the heart. / May it go to the heart. / Beethoven, Missa Solemnis / Quoted from Peter Read's Belonging, CUP 2000 / This volume is a special one as we pay our love and / respects to the passing of two of our elders and / Link Up founding members / Auntie Nancy De Vries, / Auntie Joy Williams, the editor of this book. / May the wings of love from the Link Up family speed / their way to the Dreaming.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Lawson, Blue Mountains, Sydney, New South Wales,:Stolen Generations Link Up Aboriginal Corporation , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Joy I Knewi"We talked that morning, as we often did", Barbara Nicholson , single work poetry (p. xi-xiii)
My Joyi"My Joy has been a good friend to me", Marie Melito-Russell , single work poetry (p. 1)
No Way to Raise a Childi"He was barely three when the welfare came", Barbara Nicholson , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Where Are My Children?i"The day is done and the sun is falling,", Marie Melito-Russell , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
When will They Bring My Tommy Back Home?i"I wandered into an old country town and in a tin shack an old black woman I found,", Elaine P. Lomas , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Untitledi"I seem, sometimes, to be O.K. alone", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 8)
If Onlyi"If only I had the courage to", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 9)
Untitledi"I wonder if I'll let another touch me.", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
What's My Real Name?, Lorraine McGee-Sippel , single work life story short story (p. 13-15)
Yesterdayi"Yesterday we survived as one", Marie Melito-Russell , single work poetry (p. 16)
A Cup of Milki"'Please, Mum, may I have", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 17)
When I Was Youngi"When I was young", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 18)
Voicesi"The wind whispers through the trees like", Marie Melito-Russell , single work poetry (p. 19)
Never Morei"Separated", Pauline E. McLeod , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Despairi"The sea so calm so brilliant blue in contrast to the sky", Marie Melito-Russell , single work poetry (p. 22)
Nan's Countryi"I am of the Yorta Yorta", Lorraine McGee-Sippel , single work poetry (p. 23)
Jasmine Teai"The bedroom is quiet,", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Note: Dedication: To you, from me
The Lost and Rejectedi"The lost, the dead and the dying, the spirits", Marie Melito-Russell , single work poetry (p. 26)
A Love Poemi"I was thinking today that if all", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 27)
Beethoveni"Beethoven", Joy Williams , single work poetry (p. 28)
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