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A Christmas Letter to My Father, 1995 single work   poetry   "Dear dad"
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 A Christmas Letter to My Father, 1995
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Notes

  • Epigraph: Who is it who can tell me the sins I committed as a child? For no man is sinless in thy sight, not even an infant born this very day. -- Augustine, Confessions.
  • A poem in six numbered parts.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Northern Perspective vol. 18 no. 1 Dry Season 1995 Z606029 1995 periodical issue 1995 pg. 76-80
Alternative title: A Christmas Letter to My Father
First line of verse: "It's Christmas season, Hanukkah down under."
Notes:
Slightly revised version.
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