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y separately published work icon Breaking the Water : Poetry and Prose anthology   poetry   prose  
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Breaking the Water : Poetry and Prose
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An anthology presented in five sections, each section is by a separate author.

Notes

  • Jean McIntyre's section is prefaced: whilst it waits / for my inspired pen / to strike / the wind / flicks the page / over (p. 1)
  • Margaret Curtis's section is prefaced: Creativity comes from the ability to question. / (Dedicated to my mother, Jan Munzberg, who nourished this quality in me.) (p. 36)
  • Carrie Sonneborn's section has the epigraph: When the heart cries for what it / has lost, the soul laughs for / what it has found. / Sufi saying

Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:High Point Press , 1989 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Stolen Plumsi"your kisses", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 2)
Touch Lighti"i want", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 3)
Placei"this suburb home", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Woman Voidi"She walked", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 6)
Salamanderi"dry wet", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 7)
My Own Spacei"This, the room", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 8)
Unbearable Darknessi"You hear the flash", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 9)
Youi"brighter than night cricket", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 10)
Writer Symphonyi"Pierce the soul", Jean McIntyre , single work poetry (p. 10)
Carving, Andrea Gawthorne , single work short story (p. 12-14)
Images of Fictions Past, Andrea Gawthorne , single work short story (p. 15-16)
Luncheon, Andrea Gawthorne , single work short story (p. 17-)
In Equity, Andrea Gawthorne , single work short story (p. 18-22)
Quickeningi"fins tickle from inside", Margaret Curtis , single work poetry (p. 24)
Red Blood Redi"Comfortably existing", Margaret Curtis , single work poetry (p. 25)
Bread Not Stonei"my teeth are chipped", Margaret Curtis , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Restlandscapei"Out of the mind's mine", Margaret Curtis , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Bubbles and Tearsi"when you left", Margaret Curtis , single work poetry (p. 29)
Icon Bridei"They will bury", Margaret Curtis , single work poetry (p. 30)
Cutting the Vine, Margaret Curtis , single work short story (p. 31-32)

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