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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 Fishwife
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Notes

  • Dedication: Thank you Charlie, Gillian, Tom. Thank you John Hawke, Christopher Kelen, Andy Kissane, John Millett, Dorothy Porter, Ron Pretty.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Beehive Tomb 1400 B.C.i"Where are my shoes?", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
Her Tensioni"She dances", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 11)
Can She Swallow?i"Or does she spit it out?", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Animal of Her Childreni"The animal of her children is hairless", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 13)
Blood and Poetryi"She began", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 14)
Barking Mani"That barking man", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 15)
Edge Dami"She embroiders", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 16)
Chaos. Breaking the Bloody Eggi"I did not check the egg,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 17)
Mother's Cocktaili"My children's first tears", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 18)
Aeolian Harpi"I would dream of waking,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 19)
White Cup. As Senora Cortesi"Before we owned this place,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Soft-Plectrum Cabareti"The cabaret of the tongue,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 21)
Luminousi"There is a young woman in a booth,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 22)
Houdini's Cari"Son is always elsewhere,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 23)
Auberginei"I had always admired the Russian icons,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 24)
Imitation Bloodi"O how it bled.", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 25)
Husband Breadi"My Canuck dead man, dead man Canuck.", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 26)
My Husband is a Cowi"I see my hand around this purple udder", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 27)
My Giving Handi"Slices pears and onions,", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 28)
An Understanding Mother Cravesi"Here is a photograph of my sober son", Meredith Wattison , single work poetry (p. 29)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

[Review] Fishwife Lorraine Marwood , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Spring no. 92 2003; (p. 34-35)

— Review of Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry
Three Poets Judith Beveridge , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 90-97)

— Review of Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry ; Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry ; Heroic Money Gig Ryan , 2001 selected work poetry
New Poetry - 2001 Alan Urquhart , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 46 no. 2001; (p. 109-125)

— Review of The Dining Car Scene Homer Manfred Rieth , 2001 selected work poetry ; I Wanted to Throw Your Things out on the Lawn May Carroll , 2000 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon Jacob G. Rosenberg , 2000 selected work poetry ; And Dug My Fingers in the Sand Brook Emery , 2000 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain Dorothy Hewett , 2001 selected work poetry ; Untold Lives and Later Poems Rosemary Dobson , 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions Jen Crawford , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Hierarchy of Sheep John Kinsella , 2001 selected work poetry ; Convertible John Foulcher , 2000 selected work poetry ; Bread Philip Hammial , 2000 selected work poetry ; Russian Ink Andrew Sant , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Lovemakers : Book One : Saying All the Great Sexy Things Alan Wearne , 2001 single work novel ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Drowning Ophelia Roland Leach , 2000 selected work poetry ; Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Dogs Annemaree Adams , 2000 selected work poetry
This work also reviews Water Wood Pure Splendour by Hong Kong poet Agnes Lam and Night River by Indian poet Keki Daruwalla.
[Review] Fishwife Lorraine Marwood , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Spring no. 92 2003; (p. 34-35)

— Review of Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry
New Poetry - 2001 Alan Urquhart , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 46 no. 2001; (p. 109-125)

— Review of The Dining Car Scene Homer Manfred Rieth , 2001 selected work poetry ; I Wanted to Throw Your Things out on the Lawn May Carroll , 2000 selected work poetry ; Behind the Moon Jacob G. Rosenberg , 2000 selected work poetry ; And Dug My Fingers in the Sand Brook Emery , 2000 selected work poetry ; Halfway Up the Mountain Dorothy Hewett , 2001 selected work poetry ; Untold Lives and Later Poems Rosemary Dobson , 2000 selected work poetry ; High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Admissions Jen Crawford , 2000 selected work poetry ; The Hierarchy of Sheep John Kinsella , 2001 selected work poetry ; Convertible John Foulcher , 2000 selected work poetry ; Bread Philip Hammial , 2000 selected work poetry ; Russian Ink Andrew Sant , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Lovemakers : Book One : Saying All the Great Sexy Things Alan Wearne , 2001 single work novel ; A Cretive Life Philip Salom , 2001 selected work poetry ; Drowning Ophelia Roland Leach , 2000 selected work poetry ; Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry ; The Dogs Annemaree Adams , 2000 selected work poetry
This work also reviews Water Wood Pure Splendour by Hong Kong poet Agnes Lam and Night River by Indian poet Keki Daruwalla.
Three Poets Judith Beveridge , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Summer no. 88 2002; (p. 90-97)

— Review of Flight Animals Bronwyn Lea , 2001 selected work poetry ; Fishwife Meredith Wattison , 2001 selected work poetry ; Heroic Money Gig Ryan , 2001 selected work poetry
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