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Notes
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Epigraph: Everyone can master a grief, but he that has it. Shakespeare.
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Chapbook.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Warners Bay,
Warners Bay - Jewells area,
Lake Macquarie area,
Central Coast,
New South Wales,:Picaro Press
, 2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Waiting for the Ambulancei"There are 27 books on the top shelf", single work poetry (p. 2-3)
- High Dependency Uniti"They are as close", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Blood Transfusioni"They are as close", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Ward 2B South, Room 13i"This is a rental TV", single work poetry (p. 6)
- So Sorryi"she smiles", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Intensive Carei"In the waiting room", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Woodsmokei"Her breathing is", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Silencei"In this sound-proof", single work poetry (p. 10)
- 9th May, 2003 at 3.15.pmi"She's lost the battle", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Now My Mother Has Becomei"Dim the lights", single work poetry (p. 12)
- A Will of Flowersi"Narcissi", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Up All Nighti"The night she stayed out", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Outside the Crematoriumi"My body trembles", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Missing, One Motheri"Last seen in a Dickensian tunnel", single work poetry (p. 16)
Includes
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Waiting for the Ambulance
i
"There are 27 books on the top shelf",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Blue Dog : Australian Poetry , November vol. 2 no. 4 2003; (p. 18) My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 2-3) -
Now My Mother Has Become
i
"Dim the lights",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Blue Dog : Australian Poetry , November vol. 2 no. 4 2003; (p. 18) My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 12) Blue Giraffe , Year vol. 4 no. 2006; (p. 26) -
High Dependency Unit
i
"They are as close",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 4) -
Blood Transfusion
i
"They are as close",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 5) -
Ward 2B South, Room 13
i
"This is a rental TV",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 6) -
So Sorry
i
"she smiles",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 7) -
Intensive Care
i
"In the waiting room",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 8) -
Woodsmoke
i
"Her breathing is",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 9) The Mozzie , June vol. 12 no. 5 2004; (p. 17) -
Silence
i
"In this sound-proof",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 10) Blue Giraffe , Year vol. 4 no. 2006; (p. 18) -
9th May, 2003 at 3.15.pm
i
"She's lost the battle",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 11) -
A Will of Flowers
i
"Narcissi",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 13) -
Up All Night
i
"The night she stayed out",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 14) -
Outside the Crematorium
i
"My body trembles",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 15) -
Missing, One Mother
i
"Last seen in a Dickensian tunnel",
2003
single work
poetry
— Appears in: My Mother Has Become 2003; (p. 16)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , no. 110 2008; (p. 34)
— Review of My Mother Has Become 2003 sequence poetry ; Under the One Granite Roof : poems for Walt Whitman 2004 selected work poetry -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 65-69)
— Review of My Mother Has Become 2003 sequence poetry -
Three Chapbooks by Picaro Press
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 10 no. 4 2003; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Useful Translations and Other Poems 2003 selected work poetry ; God's Fish and Other Poems 2003 selected work poetry ; My Mother Has Become 2003 sequence poetry
-
Three Chapbooks by Picaro Press
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 10 no. 4 2003; (p. 49-50)
— Review of Useful Translations and Other Poems 2003 selected work poetry ; God's Fish and Other Poems 2003 selected work poetry ; My Mother Has Become 2003 sequence poetry -
Untitled
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 65-69)
— Review of My Mother Has Become 2003 sequence poetry -
Untitled
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , no. 110 2008; (p. 34)
— Review of My Mother Has Become 2003 sequence poetry ; Under the One Granite Roof : poems for Walt Whitman 2004 selected work poetry
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