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Frances Rouse Frances Rouse i(A3766 works by)
Born: Established: 1950 Toowoomba, Toowoomba area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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1 In Transit i "Off the balconies", Frances Rouse , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 35 no. 1 2021; (p. 254-255)
1 On Seurat in My Backyard i "A thief has infiltrated Chicago’s Art Institute", Frances Rouse , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Shoots Anthology : Poems Inspired by Plants 2017; (p. 48-49)
1 Lifting Meringue i "In any event", Frances Rouse , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 30 no. 2 2016; (p. 272-273)
1 Borrowing i "I 'borrow' this view", Frances Rouse , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 75)
1 Filming in the Kitchen with Pele i "Pele leaves her Halemaumau home", Frances Rouse , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 February 2010; (p. 12)
1 Seismograph i "Behind the washing machine's port-hole,", Frances Rouse , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 20 no. 1 2006; (p. 79)
1 Hospital Gymnasium - A Poetic Sequence Frances Rouse , 2006 single work drama

'During the Second World War many of Toowoomba's boarding schools were converted to hospitals. The writer Frances Rouse explores the imagined cross-generational relationships between the middle-aged narrator, her younger self as a 60s teenager and a young soldier-patient in the 1940s.

These imaginary observations are set in what was once a hospital ward for wounded soldiers and which has now has become a school gymnasium.'

(Source: ABC Radio National website, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/airplay/s1593353.htm)
1 Framing i "I could be Thor Heyerdahl", Frances Rouse , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 April 2006; (p. 13)
1 Indelible Ink i "A bad thief in my own house,", Frances Rouse , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , March no. 32 2006; (p. 136)
1 Fishing with Yo-Yo Ma i "You are the master linesman", Frances Rouse , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 103 2005; (p. 64-65)
1 The Birth of Shopping i "Outside the supermarket", Frances Rouse , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Autumn no. 178 2005; (p. 70)
1 Counting Icebergs Frances Rouse , 2004 single work drama

'An elderly woman, once married to a famous explorer, seeks to find solace through his journals and selective memory. She believes with the passing of time that she has accepted past tragedies with equanimity. But her younger selves - her optimistic 20s and 30s, her bitter 40s and 50s - will not let her go. She is Elizabeth Cook, wife of Captain James Cook. Her life unfolds through conversations, arguments and confrontations.'

Source: The Australian Script Centre, http://www.ozscript.org/html/collection_no4/coll4_script13.htm
Sighted: 14/02/2006
1 A New Life i "After seven years", Frances Rouse , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 17 no. 2 2003; (p. 148)
1 On Nearly Forgetting Poetry i "Oh it's so", Frances Rouse , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Autumn vol. 12 no. 3 2002; (p. 30)
1 Tea / Poem i "You drive out", Frances Rouse , 2002 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tirra Lirra , Autumn vol. 12 no. 3 2002; (p. 43)
1 Danger i "The", Frances Rouse , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 164 2001; (p. 90)
1 Raymond Carver at the Beach i "That kind of afternoon", Frances Rouse , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ulitarra , July no. 17/18 2000; (p. 63-64)
1 A Warm Day. '88-'98 (for Kay Cottee) i "Through last night", Frances Rouse , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 13 no. 1 1999; (p. 38)
1 Edge of the Monsoon (after 6 Years of Drought and Elgar's Cello Concerto) i "Up there", Frances Rouse , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 58 no. 3 1999; (p. 75-77)
1 Real Life (for Alexander) i "I say: What about a small shark?", Frances Rouse , 1999 single work poetry
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 11 no. 2 1999; (p. 97-98)
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