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

  • Epigraph: That child I was intrudes between / The woman I am, the woman I've been.
  • Poems selected and introduced by Meg Stewart. Includes select bibliography of works by Nancy Keesing.

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 Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing : Introduction, Meg Stewart , single work criticism biography (p. 1-43)
A Cindy Windy Story (for Miss Siobhan Costigan)i"On a day both wet and windy", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
No Friends of Mine! : At Home (in Sydney)i"The liquidamber as a-squawk with white cockatoos;", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 48)
No Friends of Mine! : Abroad (in Kakadu National Park)i"A flock of cockatoos boards the tour boat", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 49)
[Miles]i"Didn't you see her?", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 50)
[After the Meeting]i"After the meeting - after the clever voices", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 51)
Tommy - (after Long Illness)i"His long illness was age. Age he did not wear lightly", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
Cursei"A window is broken", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 54)
Recitation by a Very Sweet Old Ladyi"A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 55)
[The Hoop-Pine]i"Every day, near dusk", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 56)
Camelliasi"Columned house and columned trees", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 57-59)
The Envoysi"Tall, proud and thin", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 60)
The Mountain and its Men (for Manning Clark - Mountain Climber)i"The expert in fossils and rock burrows into its boulders;", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 61)
Writers' Conference, December 1977i"Sydney's rim burns.", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 62)
Down Darling Point Roadi"He was a jaunty old man in suit of grey;", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 65-66)
Treats for the Kiddiesi"It is worth a drive in the Hopkinses car", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
Marathon Steps, Darling Pointi"A sadist nursemaid broke my sister's doll", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 69)
The Domain is a Place for Improving Occasionsi"In the Domain there rants a lady", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
Darlo and the Crossi"As we walked home from school today", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
The Fire Chief Only Goes to the Worst Conflagrationsi"We were just asleep when the fire brigades roared by", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 74)
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Works about this Work

Companionable Poems Ken L. Goodwin , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 March 1995; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
People of the Book Serge Liberman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 17 February 1995; (p. 37)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
This Rhyme Lacks Reason Mark Macleod , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
Visionary of Poetic Sydney Susan Chenery , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
Wrapping Up the Papers of the Past Patricia Rolfe , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 February vol. 116 no. 5959 1995; (p. 96)
This Rhyme Lacks Reason Mark Macleod , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
People of the Book Serge Liberman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 17 February 1995; (p. 37)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
Companionable Poems Ken L. Goodwin , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 March 1995; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
Wrapping Up the Papers of the Past Patricia Rolfe , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 February vol. 116 no. 5959 1995; (p. 96)
Visionary of Poetic Sydney Susan Chenery , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
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