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'For its small population, Tasmania has produced, or attracted from elsewhere, a significant number of published poets, past and present. Not all have loved the place. In the case of Gwen Harwood, the island state was her prison, or at least that’s what she told her friends: ‘I HATE HOBART’, ‘When do we leave?’ and ‘Get me outa here’. ‘My only fear is that I’ll die before I get out of Tasmania,’ she wrote in her ‘Sapho cards’ to her friend Alison Hoddinott. It’s hard to judge tone on the page, but these comments don’t really sound ambivalent!' ( Sarah Day Editorial introduction)
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* Contents derived from the 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Distancei"What is the space between this hut and that mountain", single work poetry
- Winteri"Snow laced the lower slopes", single work poetry
- Kangaroo Grassi"ramayana puppet", single work poetry
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Voyagingi"Your breasts, small as flowers, lie flat,",
single work
poetry
This poem is in two numbered and titled parts.
- Learning to Know One's Placei""Hello Graeme, old love, it's Gwen", single work poetry
- Bill and Gweni"In Swiftian mood, insisting that", single work poetry
- For Bill Harwoodi"A theorist of the purest kind", single work poetry
- Upper Heights and Lower Depthsi"What heights remain beyond our reach", single work poetry
- Avilai"The sunlight shows up broken teeth,", single work poetry
- On World Heart Dayi"I notice your scars more than usual -", single work poetry
- Part of the Maini"is what Donne wrote when he wrote about men", single work poetry
- Swallowing the Skyi"What can I say about this", single work poetry
- The Insistence of Nowi"An almost-noir chill day in the cemetery.", single work poetry
- Casualtiesi"Squatting in the bitumen", single work poetry
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Atonementi"This clutch of buildings",
single work
poetry
This poem is in seven numbered parts.
- Where Am Ii"I am desperate for connection", single work poetry
- Graces Roadi"Rise above it, my mother used to say,", single work poetry
- Notes from the Inlandi"A tree opens", single work poetry
- Woman in Bathi"There was fog on the windows,", single work poetry
- Reply from the Women of Tangieri"So secretly together do we wear", single work poetry
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