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Megan Schaffner Megan Schaffner i(A36365 works by)
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1 Your Fibonacci i "Death", Megan Schaffner , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sky Falls Down : An Anthology of Loss 2019; (p. 103-105)
1 1 y separately published work icon Continental Shift, A Memoir of Landscape and Voices Megan Schaffner , Sandy Bay : Megan Schaffner , 2018 20891666 2018 single work autobiography 'For over five decades, Megan has been observing and recording her adopted Tasmanian environment in prose and poetry. In 1961 Megan crossed the Indian Ocean that now divides two continents that once were part of the great Gondwana landmass. In her arms she carried two restless children. In her head she carried remembered voices from her childhood, and in her mind’s eye she carried wild South African landscapes.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon A Poem is a Parachute Megan Schaffner , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2015 8628150 2015 selected work poetry

'‘Megan Schaffner knows how poetry works. She knows the way a strong poem can float you gently to somewhere you’ve never been before/ [where] with luck/ you’ll land wrong side up/ exhilarated/ ready to explore a new country. This is precisely what Megan’s poetry does. As soon as you land, you realise you are in the hands of a consummate guide. Pleasure awaits. This poet-guide is deeply wise and funny. She is thoroughly intelligent and gentle. She is totally without bluster or ego. She chauffeurs you through her country with thoughtfulness, wit and dexterity. She is fearless in the face of the big topics: beauty, dementia, eros, anger, silence, art and war. But a list cannot take you to a country. You simply have to go there. Set off on your travels into this elegant and well-wrought book with high hopes and total confidence. Megan Schaffner knows how poetry works.’ – Dr Gina Mercer' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Keeping Time : Essays, Articles and Sketches by Tasmanian Writers Megan Schaffner (editor), North Hobart : Fellowship of Australian Writers, Tasmania , 2014 7552214 2014 anthology short story essay
1 Siren Song i "At daybreak dolphins tumbled into the bay", Megan Schaffner , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 124 2011; (p. 89)
1 Introduction Megan Schaffner , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: A Net of Hands : An Anthology of Tasmanian Poetry 2009; (p. vii-ix)
1 y separately published work icon A Net of Hands : An Anthology of Tasmanian Poetry Megan Schaffner (editor), North Hobart : Fellowship of Australian Writers, Tasmania , 2009 Z1880184 2009 anthology poetry
1 Suddenly Spring i "suddenly spring", Megan Schaffner , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Mid-Year vol. 9 no. 2009; (p. 40) The Green Fuse 2010; (p. 60)
1 Onions and Aftershave i "She says she's over it", Megan Schaffner , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Mid-Year vol. 9 no. 2009; (p. 39)
1 Leaving Beijing i "We float above the crowds through airy spaces", Megan Schaffner , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Mid-Year vol. 9 no. 2009; (p. 38)
1 From the Far Country of Grief They Come i "in the early light of dawn", Megan Schaffner , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Year vol. 8 no. 2008; (p. 4)
1 Revenant i "Suspended between continents,", Megan Schaffner , 2007 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 109 2007; (p. 87)
1 Cook i "Yes, I remember Cook - the train", Megan Schaffner , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Blue Giraffe , Mid-Year vol. 3 no. 2006; (p. 23)
1 y separately published work icon Running Through the Stars : An Anthology of Poetry and Prose by Tasmanian Writers Megan Schaffner (editor), North Hobart : Fellowship of Australian Writers, Tasmania , 2005 Z1228505 2005 anthology poetry prose short story 'Running through the Stars brings together the work of thirty-nine members of the Tasmanian branch of the Fellowship of Australia Writers...' (Foreword)
1 Untitled Megan Schaffner , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 28 2003; (p. 65-69)
— Review of My Mother Has Become Karen Knight , 2003 sequence poetry
1 Kindling Sparks : Poetry in Hobart Megan Schaffner , 2003 single work criticism
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn vol. 10 no. 2 2003; (p. 7-10)
1 Tiger i "My mother ruled the household from her pillows", Megan Schaffner , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Write Stuff , vol. 7 no. 2003;
1 Black on White i "When Anne and I", Megan Schaffner , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Write Stuff , vol. 7 no. 2003;
1 Dolphins : Coles Bay i "At daybreak they tumbled into the bay", Megan Schaffner , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Write Stuff , vol. 7 no. 2003;
1 Turn Around i "Morning by morning she left by the front door", Megan Schaffner , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Write Stuff , vol. 7 no. 2003;
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