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y separately published work icon Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Selected Poems of Dorothy Hewett
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Crawley, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:UWA Publishing , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction by Kate Lilley, Kate Lilley , single work essay (p. 1-11)
The Dark Firesi"The dark fires shall burn in many rooms", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 13)
My Party is the Party of Aragoni"I am not alone ... in the beating of my heart", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 14)
Once I Rode with Clancy...i"Once I rode with Clancy through the wet hills of Wickepin,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Go Down Red Rosesi"O when shall we two meet again", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Unanswered Love Letteri"It rained in Sydney all next day,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 19-21)
Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeodi"Clancy and Dooley and Don McLeod", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry
On May Day 1946, in the Pilbarra district, Western Australia, Aboriginal station hands struck for 30 bob a week and the right to organise. Their leaders, the white man Don Mcleod and two Aborigines, Clancy McKenna and Dooley, were arrested and convicted. Pressure through the Labour movement and the United Nations secured their release.
 (p. 22-24)
Window on Sydneyi"Give me a little room somewhere with stars", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 25-27)
My Fortieth Yeari"My fortieth year, full circle goes my life", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Ballad of Poor Tom Wolfei"A stone, a leaf, an open door,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 30-31)
Legend of the Green Countryi"September is the spring month bringing tides, swilling green in the harbour mouth,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 32-43)
The Hidden Journeyi"In 1952, in the year of Stalin, I came to Russia", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 44-50)
Memoirs of a Protestant Girlhoodi"I was brought up on Tennyson and Eliot", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 51-53)
Death of My Mad Motheri"To die quietly,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 54)
Calling on Motheri"Look! the moths are out again,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
I've Made My Bed, I'll Lie on Iti"With legs apart I lie on mother's bed", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 57)
This Version of Lovei"I have seen her, wonderful!", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 58-59)
In Moncur Streeti"It's twenty years ago and more", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 60-61)
Living Dangerouslyi"O to live dangerously again,", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 62)
Alice in a German Garden 35i"Do you remember the garden in the watery sunlight...", Dorothy Hewett , single work poetry (p. 63-64)
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