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  • Author:agent Jan Owen http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/owen-jan
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Night Rainbows
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,:Heinemann , 1994 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Pronounsi"Go incognito", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 21)
Little Place Wordsi"Gust along the street;", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Articles of Faithi"A and The are brother and sister,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 22)
Adverbsi"proffer a business card:", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 23)
Present Participlesi"Won't stop leaping, won't lie down,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 23)
Conjunctionsi"Don't practise the Kama Sutra,", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 24)
Note: With title: Joining Words
Abstract Nounsi"are Sister Luke's betes noires.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Angels Versus Demonsi"'We are not enough grateful to our guardian demons,' Juliska tells me.", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 26)
Pregnanti"Juliska has been sulking all week. She wants a child like the others.", Jan Owen , single work poetry
The smallest Russian babushka doll wants to have a 'child' like the larger ones and gets some buttons and beads as a substitute, with a rattling 'twice for good measure.'
 (p. 26-27)
Doll (for Carmel Bird), Jan Owen , sequence poetry (p. 26-30)
The Mathematics of Absurdityi"Juliska has been taking a keen interest in my sewing basket.", Jan Owen , single work poetry
Russian babushka doll's smallest doll 'falls in love' with a red cotton reel, but when it is put inside her the five dolls are thrown into uproar at the cotton reel's supposed claims to historic agency and presence, i.e., helping Theseus through the labyrinth.
 (p. 27)
Gesturesi"October 17th. J says she's tired of Russian local politics and", Jan Owen , single work poetry
The smallest Russian babushka doll is tired of 'the politics of size' and reading modern poetry complaining of emptiness. She wonders if the 'little box' in a poem might be her 'real' mother.
 (p. 28)
Hussari"J has begun peering over my shoulder again. She's clearly jealous of", Jan Owen , single work poetry
The smallest Russian babushka doll is jealous of the writer's work and invents a heroic Hungarian hussar for father, as the first step in dictating her Memoirs.
 (p. 28-29)
Frozen Crows Bouncei"J's Memoirs are stalled on the steppes of discontent.", Jan Owen , single work poetry
With her Memoirs stalled, Juliska the smallest Russian babushka doll is invited to write poetry and produces a haiku about her father the crow who falls of a Hills Hoist at twenty below zero and bounces twice.
 (p. 29-30)
Plagiarismi"Whatever is she muttering? H'm?", Jan Owen , single work poetry
Juliska the smallest Russian babushka doll attempts Minimalism, and inspiration dries up for doll and possibly author.
 (p. 30)
Cuei"He comes to my house for the first time. I show him the attic", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 31)
Labelsi"One Monday she found a dead mouse behind the clock, a mouldy", Jan Owen , single work poetry
Ironic comment on the supposedly contemporary habit of pigeonholing and report-writing even on apparent trivia.
 (p. 32)
Clean Weekendi"Face it, Sweetheart, you're a poker chip", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 33-34)
Impersonations, Jan Owen , sequence poetry
Parodies of Australian poets.
 (p. 33-41)
Driving to Stradabahnroutei"In the Alps we vanished", Jan Owen , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
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