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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:State Library of New South Wales Press , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Grandmothers of the Tribei"She says: `Two wrongs will never make a right.'", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 75)
Healthy Exercisei"If you teased slyly, with skill,", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 76-78)
Family Historyi"In 1910 my young New Zealander father", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 79)
[Medals]i"Mrs Trim is an OBE, so is Aunt Alice, they will let you see", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 80)
[City at Night]i"Oh, what a view, Eleven floors up, like a fair,", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 81)
To Townsville, 1980i"At 30,000 feet of brilliant air", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 82-85)
[The Fossil]i"Lying in the palm of your hand", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 86)
The Sunlight on the Garden Hardens and Grows Coldi"The owl soars over first across our view,", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 87-88)
The Three Ring Circusi"My sharp-brained, tart-tongued mother is old and potty", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 89-92)
[Garden of Roses]i"Here, in the garden of roses", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 93)
Yeppoons? Yeppoems? Yeppies?i"The soldier crabs of Keppel Bay have nothing blue about them.", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 94)
Brassica FitzGeraldii (Dedicated to R.D. FitzGerald Esq....)i"Where sun shines down between tall trees", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 95-96)
[Traveller's Tale]i"Last year from Townsville Common, no poem would come", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 97)
These Old Shades - a Sequence, Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 98-107)
These Old Shades - a Sequence : I to Mei"That child I was intrudes between", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 98-99)
These Old Shades - a Sequence : `From Place to Place Over Oblivion'i"In search of origins", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 99-102)
These Old Shades - a Sequence : Corpses from the Kuttabuli"Japan torpedoed them", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 103-104)
These Old Shades - a Sequence : I to Xi"He told me, Mr X, he told me you were dead.", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 104)
These Old Shades - A Sequence : The Buck Stops Herei"Your son and mine have met. They like each other.", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 105)
These Old Shades - a Sequence : The Hands of Airi"The windsor chairs of my aunt", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 105-106)
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