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'Louise McKenna - A Lesson in Being Mortal
This is the work of a writer who revels in language and what it can do. The poems take journeys, they move, they are aware of their geography as poems, as well as the world's geography, its noise and silence, its little and large histories.
'Lynette Arden - A Pause in the Conversation
These insightful and alert poems deal with the everyday - in its beguiling mix of mundanity and strangeness. There is also a sense of something hard-won, of a courage in living and writing that can face 'the end game' while digging for 'a new beginning'.
'Sher-ee Furtak-Ellis - Natural Intervention
These poems are challenging and immediate; they pull no punches. They are full of jagged energy, of rhyme and beat, but also lyric imagery. This is about some hard experience, about choices you make and live with, about anger and grace, despair and celebration.' (Publication summary)
This is the work of a writer who revels in language and what it can do. The poems take journeys, they move, they are aware of their geography as poems, as well as the world's geography, its noise and silence, its little and large histories.
'Lynette Arden - A Pause in the Conversation
These insightful and alert poems deal with the everyday - in its beguiling mix of mundanity and strangeness. There is also a sense of something hard-won, of a courage in living and writing that can face 'the end game' while digging for 'a new beginning'.
'Sher-ee Furtak-Ellis - Natural Intervention
These poems are challenging and immediate; they pull no punches. They are full of jagged energy, of rhyme and beat, but also lyric imagery. This is about some hard experience, about choices you make and live with, about anger and grace, despair and celebration.' (Publication summary)
Notes
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Contains A Lesson in Being Mortal, by Louise McKenna, A Pause in the Conversation, by Lynette Arden, and Natural Intervention by Sher'ee Furtak-Ellis.
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Dedication: This book is for my family on the other side of the equator.
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Editor's note: : Some of these poems, or earlier versions of them, have appeared in the Friendly Street Poets Newsletters and on the Cricket Poetry Award website.
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Includes Tanka and Haiku by Lynette Arden (p. 38, 48, 54-55)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Norwood,
Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area,
Adelaide - North / North East,
Adelaide,
South Australia,:
Kent Town,
Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area,
Adelaide - North / North East,
Adelaide,
South Australia,:Friendly Street Poets
,Wakefield Press
, 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Queen's Pelicani"It isn't the eyes or the famed red-gold hair", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Birdsi"He could name most species:", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Lemonsi"I adore lemons:", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Feeding the Cassowariesi"Through the diamonds of a fence", single work poetry (p. 7)
- My Apology to Youi"comes gift-wrapped", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Dragon Abreasti"Not the Shanghai River", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Visitationi"Last night on Middle Farm", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Knocki"When the timbers of that door creaked open", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Bronze Whaleri"Look closely. She will do no harm", single work poetry (p. 12)
- 8 Doomgatei"Anything to escape your mother", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Photoi"Whoever minted that description", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Cone Shelli"Plucked from the jewellery box", single work poetry (p. 15)
- A Lesson in Being Mortali"We thought we could weather this one", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Sonneti"Overnight, the geography of your world brutally altered.", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Wicketi"Today the outfield", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Art of Absolutioni"Today's headline:", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Gallows Hilli"I can still see the teeth", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Today's Musici"begins with polyphony", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Untenablei"Both of them", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Encounteri"Near the end of the jetty she hears steps behind her.", single work poetry (p. 23)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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[Review] New Poets 15
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Independent Weekly , 27 August no. 302 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Friendly Street : New Poets Fifteen 2010 selected work poetry
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[Review] New Poets 15
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Independent Weekly , 27 August no. 302 2010; (p. 28)
— Review of Friendly Street : New Poets Fifteen 2010 selected work poetry
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