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Women Are Green Woods single work   poetry   "women are green woods"
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Women Are Green Woods
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Notes

  • Author's note:

    About the poem:

    This poem was a response to a time in my life when I was very stressed, exhausted and tired of being in pain. I needed a sanctuary. Then I realised that ‘women are green woods.’ The poem wrote itself.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Heroines : An Anthology of Short Fiction and Poetry Volume 2 Sarah Nicholson (editor), Caitlin White (editor), Wollongong : Neo Perennial Press , 2019 19714245 2019 anthology poetry short story 'With a focus on reclaiming the stories of women in history and reimagining the heroines of legend, fairytale and mythology, in ways that are both resonant and startlingly new The Heroines Anthology presents a challenging and soulful collection that interrogates the traditional power dynamics of classic literature, while touching on the deeper questions of women's true nature.' (Publication summary) Wollongong : Neo Perennial Press , 2019 pg. 15
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Writ Poetry Review no. 4 February 2020 19281098 2020 periodical issue 2020
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