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Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Dynamo House
, 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Eleanori"No wry gin has ever said so much but blink and you miss it!", single work poetry
- Stairway To Dreamingi"Condemned to climbing 14 flights through a passage way of gloom", single work poetry
- Tinnyi"I hate the school. I hate the classes the teacher treats us both like asses", single work poetry
-
Name Of The Gamei"Face to the ground, don't look around as I move slowly to the counter of confession.",
single work
poetry
Note: *gub or gubba is a non-Aboriginal person
- Alien Nationi"Exploration, floatation, interactioin, desecration, mutilation, segregation, cattle station", single work poetry
- Best Quandongi"Getting worried, too many settling for the bitter fruit easy to clasp", single work poetry
- Uni Daysi"Graduates and lecturers made it sound like Luna Park", single work poetry
- Daughters of the Watersi"A warm bridge of serenity from who I was to who I am.", single work poetry
- Davidi"Who is that man from Arnhem Land with magic in his feet and hands", single work poetry
- Past Your Eyesi"Always your reality is a textbook full of tact and your Australian History", single work poetry
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Honesty At Riski"A shake of a hand, and a knife in the back",
single work
poetry
Note: *Pemulwuy of the Eora people. Defiant resistance fighter.
- Motherlessi"No brown arms to nurture this child of the new age,", single work poetry
- Important Things To Avoidi"I never write about love, yet every song you hear, it's always in there.", single work poetry
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How Cold Was The Windi"I gave up all I had, withholding nothing my children too I gave to you,",
single work
poetry
Note: *nulla-nulla is a wooden club
- The Longest Walki"A sea of black faces wind their way down Collins Street", single work poetry
- Reclaim The Nighti"The bus rattles so hard his big toe pops in and out of his Reeboks,", single work poetry
- Advance Australia's Farei"Happy birthday, white Australlia, ra ra the flag and hail the Queen", single work poetry
- This Is The Pitts (My Family Re-Union)i"Now the dust has settled, it felt like a cross between a carnival and a church.", single work poetry
- Reconciliationi"The most obvious problems barricade in by dubious words", single work poetry
-
Tidy Up The House!i"Ripping in, anger bred from disillusionment",
single work
poetry
Note: *Darnley Island, Torres Strait
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
John's Little Black Book
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 15 June no. 78 1994; (p. 16)
— Review of Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995 selected work poetry 'John Harding expresses his feelings openly on the issues that confront him daily in this little black book.'
-
John's Little Black Book
1994
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 15 June no. 78 1994; (p. 16)
— Review of Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995 selected work poetry 'John Harding expresses his feelings openly on the issues that confront him daily in this little black book.'
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