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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Practising Breathing
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Hale and Iremonger , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Practising Breathing : Part One : Shadows of Songs : 2i"Now winter is sending telegrams", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
Practising Breathing : Part Two : Frangipanis and Fear : 1i"Summer's song was frangipani-tolled,", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Practising Breathing : Part Two : Frangipanis and Fear : 2i"Something bruising the doorway", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 46)
Practising Breathing : Part Two : Frangipanis and Fear : 3i"Where could it come from - so much fear?", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
Practising Breathing : Part Three : In His Dark Circle, a Stranger : 1i"Solitariness was already circling Wilhelm", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Practising Breathing : Part Three : In His Dark Circle, a Stranger : 2i"Without farewell, a hollow man left us.", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 50)
Practising Breathing : Part Four : Voices from the Neighbourhood : Darren Cleaveri"I turned twelve last week.", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 50-52)
Practising Breathing : Part Four : Voices from the Neighbourhood : Kate Hungerfordi"Time. Have you ever heard it", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 52-54)
Practising Breathing : Part Four : Voices from the Neighbourhood : The Plum Treei"How helplessly, how inevitably -", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 54-56)
Practising Breathing : Part Four : Voices from the Neighbourhood : Carol Cleaveri"Cheerful above the pawpaw trees,", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 56-57)
Practising Breathing : Part Five : A Season of Sorrow : 1i"Wilhelm, when you came back from Europe,", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Practising Breathing : Part Five : A Season of Sorrow : 2i"Suicide is not easier in spring - not on the bright days", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 59)
Practising Breathing : Part Five : A Season of Sorrow : 3i"Why? people asked. Why?", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 60)
After the Suicide Practising Breathing : Part Five : A Season of Sorrow : 4i"After the damage had been tidied - after a box of pine", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 60-61)
Practising Breathing : Part Six : Healingi"The frangipani, wounded by winter", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 62-63)
A Summer Showeri"I step out of summer rain. The shower rose,", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 66-69)
Exilesi"We have not fled so far.", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
Old Bombsi"To the scintillating cemetery of the wrecker's yard,", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
Waiting Out the Droughti"Waiting for rain in the wheatlands,", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 74-75)
In a Provincial City, Cycling to Schooli"Cycling to school, I disappear in fog.", Jean Kent , single work poetry (p. 76-77)
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