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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 The Second Worst Thing
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Bendigo, Bendigo area, Ballarat - Bendigo area, Victoria,:Helen Annand , 1998 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Death at Birthi"Eliot had seen birth and death and had thought", Brook Emery , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Telephone Calli"Your son is dead. Jeremy is dead.", Jan McNess , single work poetry (p. 27)
Michael's Lovei"Well meaning people tell me, in time the pain of loss will heal.", Janet Neville , single work poetry (p. 28)
Mother No Morei"Though sorrow is great it need not bring despair,", Dorothie Hunter , single work poetry (p. 29)
Lovei"My arms ached from holding him", Judith Palser , single work poetry (p. 30)
Flooded Face, Saturated Eyesi"I tried to break a smile", Theresa A. O'Dea , single work poetry (p. 31)
Still Birthi"Through cold glass", Vailima Calton , single work poetry (p. 32)
Death of a Niecei"Rain,", Prue Powell , single work poetry (p. 33)
Please Godi"Our tiny life, your eyes jammed shut,", Terry Ackland , single work poetry (p. 34)
Giftsi"This day was hers.", Nancy Shaw , single work poetry (p. 35)
Funeral for the Just Borni"A thin drizzle falls", John McGill , single work poetry (p. 36)
Holding Oni"Was it knowing, cradling her young hand,", Felicity Fair Thompson , single work poetry (p. 37)
An Apology from the Bereavedi"Raw nerve ends screaming, Come not near,", Olive Mettyear , single work poetry (p. 38)
Lost Twini"My babe came away", Heather Bird , single work poetry (p. 40)
Note: Author note: Jessica Ann Bird, stillborn 1965.
Birthday Songi"Bobbing, bobbing", Gretta Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 41)
Lamenti"smother me in white clay", Gretta Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 41)
Exorcismi"The child who came", Josephine Brick , single work poetry (p. 42)
Twenty-Eight Years Oni"A kitten's call -", Quendryth Young , single work poetry (p. 43)
An Empty Bed, An Empty Room, An Empty Hearti"I lay listening in the darkness,", May Townsend , single work poetry (p. 44)
Jonquilsi"They brought me jonquils.", Lyn Reeves , single work poetry (p. 45)
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