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Aileen Kelly Aileen Kelly i(A9534 works by)
Born: Established: 1939 Portsmouth, Hampshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 2011 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: ca. 1962
Heritage: English
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1 BreakFast i "This world is hardshelled:", Aileen Kelly , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 March vol. 57 no. 1 2017;
1 2 y separately published work icon Fire Work : Last Poems Aileen Kelly , Melbourne : GloriaSMH , 2016 11957418 2016 selected work poetry

'Readers of Aileen Kelly's earlier books will recognise that in these final poems she is at the height of her power. The poems are abrupt, distilled and beautifully rhythmed. Life is her object and her passion, as always. The language has the essential autonomy of poetry, and yet these poems are directly personal, involving family and friends, their bodies and her own, and her own experience among delicately defined landscapes. Inevitably, it seems, poem after poem is also metaphysical, and socially aware. Perhaps the briefest description, however, is the best: here is wit and imagination.' (Publication Summary)
1 Chorale i "A heavenly choir", Aileen Kelly , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 25 February vol. 21 no. 3 2011;
1 Lacunae i "There are edges:", Aileen Kelly , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 25 February vol. 21 no. 3 2011;
1 Lunch i "Elegant young man", Aileen Kelly , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 25 February vol. 21 no. 3 2011;
1 Blessing i "Sunlight broken over pebbles", Aileen Kelly , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 25 February vol. 21 no. 3 2011;
1 Public Eye i "Plaques in noble foyers note", Aileen Kelly , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Age , 27 September 2008; (p. 31)
1 The Hitching Post at the Marine Hotel i "The stump", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 199)
1 The Third Sister i "To the far end of the outside", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 198)
1 Geography i "Brush aside", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 197)
1 Negotiations i "The bamboo waves its tired flat fingers", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 196)
1 Nests i "Shadows", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 195)
1 Tongue i "The accent may be Stratford atte Bowe but", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 194)
1 The Long Days i "The long days turn and slide. You hold instead", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 194)
1 Getting It i "He's getting", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 193)
1 Benign i "Benign owner of a heavy thumb", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 193)
1 Shortage Aileen Kelly , 2006 sequence poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 193-196)
1 Detour i "She yearns towards the underslab city.", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 192)
1 Earthed i "Under no moon tonight", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 190)
1 Mixer i "She doesn't mix", Aileen Kelly , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Passion Paintings : Poems 1983-2006 2006; (p. 189)
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