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Winifred Weir Winifred Weir i(A15874 works by)
Also writes as: Win Weir
Born: Established: 1930 ;
Gender: Female
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1 4 y separately published work icon Walking on Ashes Winifred Weir , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1673737 2009 selected work poetry
'The poems in Walking on Ashes present a war memoir told from a less-reported perspective: the point of view of life on the Australian homefront by a writer revisiting her WWII childhood and the absence of her father. The return of her father with a serious injury and the destruction of his hopes and subsequent alcoholism is the main thread running through this powerful collection.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 Gull i "On one leg", Winifred Weir , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 25 July 2009; (p. 14)
1 A Grandaughter's [sic] Poem i "her small figure by the window", Winifred Weir , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 2 May 2009; (p. 18)
1 War Makes Garbage of the Human body i "Was it in the frenzy or lull of battle", Win Weir , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , vol. 66 no. 3 2007; (p. 199)
1 Mostly About Rain i "In Burgos there is a statue of El Cid. He's a short tubby man with a", Winifred Weir , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 67 no. 1-2 2007; (p. 102-103)
1 Truce i "At his burial I lost my step", Winifred Weir , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , April vol. 66 no. 1 2007; (p. 198)
1 End Piece i "Dusk fingers the water moving through half-light", Winifred Weir , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sun and Sleet 2006; (p. 158)
1 Smoke i "I walk the lake as dusk deepens and the water darkens", Win Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 120)
1 Disarmed i "Many times my father was reduced by illness", Win Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 119-120)
1 Anzac Day 1938 i "My father straight", Win Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 119)
1 Amiens, France, 1918 i "So far he's been lucky. Seen Paris.", Win Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 65 no. 2 2005; (p. 118)
1 'I Must Go Down to the Seas Again....' Winifred Weir , 2005 single work prose
— Appears in: Five Bells , Winter vol. 12 no. 3 2005; (p. 10-11) The sea was a part of Winifred Weir's childhood and in this article she shows how the sea is portrayed by some Australian poets.
1 Return (from Echoes of War) i "Our son has come home", Winifred Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 179 2005; (p. 73)
1 Home-Coming : 1945 (from Echoes of War) i ""You're skinnier than ever, kid!" old Tom says,", Winifred Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 179 2005; (p. 73)
1 In Action : July 1945 (from Echoes of War) i "This time Balikpapan", Winifred Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 179 2005; (p. 72)
1 At Sea : 1940-1945 (from Echoes of War) i "His letters are spare", Winifred Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 179 2005; (p. 72)
1 1939 : Summer's End (from Echoes of War) i "The house brimming", Winifred Weir , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 179 2005; (p. 72)
1 Husband and Wife i "He's slow now. That's the burden.", Winifred Weir , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Suburbs of the Mind : A Poetry Anthology 2004; (p. 5)
1 Narrative Verse Winifred Weir , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 11 no. 4 2004; (p. 19-21) In her discussion of narrative poetry Weir cites some Australian exponents of the form in addition to Homer's Odyssey, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and other other classic examples.
1 Flotation i "Slow-flying the pain", Winifred Weir , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 63 no. 3 2003; (p. 161)
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