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Dedication: To my friends and associates, including students and young people, who have together formed and/or supported the NSW Vietnamese Refugee Support Committee in our voluntary efforts to help, assist and advocate for Vietnamese asylum seekers in South-east Asia and Hong Kong over the years (p. vi).
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Author's endnote: Shortly after the exodus of Kosovars, starting 23 March 1999l, I penned the first poem, inspired by their traumatic displacement, as captured by the image of a young girl resting her crying head on her crying mother. (I then circulated this poem amongst my friends to ask for support for these refugees)
For the next just over two months I followed their trail of horror and recorded their circumstances in inspirational poetry. Altogether about one hundred and twenty poems. All in this book.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Bankstown,
Bankstown area,
Sydney Southwest,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Integration
, 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Carefully Prepared Warfarei"At battleground beings are always careful", single work poetry (p. 1)
- From the Vietnamese to the Kosovar Refugeesi"From the blistered hill top", single work poetry (p. 2-3)
- The Costing for Warfarei"When you wage a war", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Modern Attacksi"War quietly comes to quietly inspect", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Most of the Time War Is Reasonablei"Not ruining your well-kept lawns", single work poetry (p. 6)
- War's Lives Collectioni"In some sense WAR is", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Exit of Joyi"The mass rolls", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Festival of the Firesi"The little river winds its way", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Blown Awayi"The darkness flies in", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Human Habiti"The kids say their hair is complaining", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Home at Homei"The tent is hot and cold", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Distance Feeti"The feet get scared of the road surface", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Looking Forward to Going Home Againi"I love it up here the mountain tip", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Return Homei"Home was only little when they left", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Bridge That Chases the Misslei"The skinny bridge is lying on his back", single work poetry (p. 16)
- A Lost Numberi"The child, the mother, the father", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Refugees Also Hit by Missilesi"Fly low the missiles", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Masterpiecei"Here!", single work poetry (p. 19)
- The Sleepy Bombsi"The bombs love their year long sleep", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- The Familiar Loti"Bombs drop - shake the skies", single work poetry (p. 21)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Poetry Shorts
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 219 2000; (p. 51)
— Review of Refugee Kosovo 1999 selected work poetry ; Ten Thousand Fcuking Monkeys 1999 selected work poetry
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Poetry Shorts
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 219 2000; (p. 51)
— Review of Refugee Kosovo 1999 selected work poetry ; Ten Thousand Fcuking Monkeys 1999 selected work poetry
Last amended 1 Jun 2012 14:03:44
Subjects:
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Kosovo,
cEx Yugoslavia,cEastern Europe, Europe,
- 1999
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