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Tess Driver Tess Driver i(A22235 works by)
Also writes as: Tess Young
Born: Established: 1941 Adelaide, South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Man, the Boy and the Tamarisk Tree Tess Driver , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 26337218 2023 selected work poetry 'Tess has lived in many cities until the hills and the sea called...this is where you belong. Her poems reflect the people she has met, the places she has lived in and the memories of her wanderings. These poems are rich in their colour and movement capturing moments in a mix of form and knowledge. Published in many national and various international anthologies, her individual collections include Woman Behind Glass and Kite Lady.' 

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1 [Untitled Tanka] Tess Driver , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 33 2022; (p. 27)
1 [Untitled] Tess Driver , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 28 2020; (p. 12)
1 My Aphrodisiac Is A Poet i "Climb inside, comfort me", Tess Driver , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sotto , March 2013;
1 Sunday Benediction i "They shamble like dark shadows", Tess Driver , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Patterns of Living 2013; (p. 37)
1 Beware of the Writer i "People of words", Tess Driver , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Patterns of Living 2013; (p. 37)
1 Untitled i "autumn naked", Tess Driver , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 13 2012; (p. 25)
1 Sheds i "The old shed leans on barbered paddock", Tess Driver , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Flying Kites 2012; (p. 39)
1 Journey of the Piano i "Karim Wasfi worried about the piano", Tess Driver , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sorcerers and Soothsayers : Friendly Street Poets 35 2011; (p. 36)
1 I Watched the Hydra Sunset i "'My darling Charm,' that's what George called you.", Tess Driver , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sorcerers and Soothsayers : Friendly Street Poets 35 2011; (p. 35)
1 All Hail the Illogical Inference i "A President who reads poetry -", Tess Driver , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Four : After the Race 2010; (p. 99)
1 Propriety i "At night Gran kept her teeth", Tess Driver , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Four : After the Race 2010; (p. 65)
1 Untitled i "no way to wrap", Tess Driver , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 8 2010; (p. 7)
1 Untitled i "one star", Tess Driver , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 7 2009; (p. 28)
1 Revelations at the Bus Stop i "Bus stop 19. We are waiting", Tess Driver , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Poetry Reader : Thirty-Three : Catch Fire 2009; (p. 41)
1 Sonnet to Lost Innocence i "The Beatles wrote thay'd kiss and be so true", Tess Driver , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Poetry Reader : Thirty-Three : Catch Fire 2009; (p. 40)
1 French Impressionists i "Still the parrots!", Tess Driver , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 16 no. 4 2009; (p. 65)
1 Untitled i "worn braces", Tess Driver , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 6 2009; (p. 24)
1 Untitled i "old spider's web", Tess Driver , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 6 2009; (p. 22)
1 Looking at Boats i "Fishing boat at sea,", Tess Driver , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Two : Rewired : 2008; (p. 111)
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