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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Watermelon Baby
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Notes

  • Dedication: For Terry, who helped turn possibilities into realities.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Wollongong, Wollongong area, Illawarra, South Coast, New South Wales,:Five Islands Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To My Childreni"From my own creation", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 9)
Fruitfulnessi"Black seed? brown? translucent white?", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 10)
Mamm-oriesi"Wearing a grin from ear to ear,", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Music of Lifei"Like a little", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
The Kissi"She clings", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 14)
My Favourite Flowerbedi"My clothes have growed out of me, our youngest said,", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Innocent Prolapsei"She blows me away", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 16)
Cameo : (of Charlotte, Aged 7)i"Barefooted,", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 17)
Flesh and Bloodi"i used to ponder whether", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 18)
Innocence and Forgivenessi"I'm touched by what my children put in pictures --", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 19)
A Concrete Imagei"Children in the bed -", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 20)
Mothers and Daughtersi"Tallest", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 21)
Regreti"The Pill's less cruel.", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 22)
Lossi"Because it bears my living children's features", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 23)
My Phantom Limbi"She's my phantom limb,", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 24)
When Childlessness Isn't Choseni"Menstrual Blood", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 25)
After the Bathi"I lift her out", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 26)
Imprintsi"On printed sheets as flat as sand", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 27)
From a Distancei"i watch a mother", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 28)
Your Very Own Love Poem/si"I'd written poems for previous lovers,", Lesley Walter , single work poetry (p. 29)
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Works about this Work

Australian Women Poets and Their Works - Part 2 Jane Pollard , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , February vol. 22 no. 1 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry ; Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 Anna Nicholson , 2010 selected work poetry ; I'm Not Racist, But... : A Collection of Social Observations Anita Heiss , 2007 selected work poetry
To Whom It May Concern? Melissa Ashley , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , August vol. 20 no. 3 2001; (p. 56-58)
— Review of High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry ; Story / Telling 2001 anthology criticism ; To Whom It May Concern : And Other Plays Daniel Keene , 2000 selected work drama
Untitled Lorraine Marwood , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 83 2001; (p. 35)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry
Drowning Kittens & More: Blood and Innocence Steve Evans , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 86 2001; (p. 139-141)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry
Untitled Helen Horton , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 110)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry
To Whom It May Concern? Melissa Ashley , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , August vol. 20 no. 3 2001; (p. 56-58)
— Review of High Tide Vera Newsom , 2000 selected work poetry ; Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry ; Story / Telling 2001 anthology criticism ; To Whom It May Concern : And Other Plays Daniel Keene , 2000 selected work drama
Australian Women Poets and Their Works - Part 2 Jane Pollard , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Jessie Street National Women's Library Newsletter , February vol. 22 no. 1 2011; (p. 6)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry ; Possession : Poems about the Voyage of Lt James Cook in The Endeavour 1768-1771 Anna Nicholson , 2010 selected work poetry ; I'm Not Racist, But... : A Collection of Social Observations Anita Heiss , 2007 selected work poetry
Untitled Helen Horton , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Imago : New Writing , vol. 13 no. 1 2001; (p. 110)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry
Drowning Kittens & More: Blood and Innocence Steve Evans , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Island , Winter no. 86 2001; (p. 139-141)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry
Untitled Lorraine Marwood , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Studio : A Journal of Christians Writing , Winter no. 83 2001; (p. 35)
— Review of Watermelon Baby Lesley Walter , 2000 selected work poetry
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