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Notes
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Dedication: For Lauren 'a little woman who has joined us'
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Epigraph: An Aboriginal Elder said to Robert McLeod: 'Aboriginality isn't just about skin colour - it's like the other side of the moon. You may not always see it - but everyone know that it's there.'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
St Lucia,
Indooroopilly - St Lucia area,
Brisbane - North West,
Brisbane,
Queensland,:University of Queensland Press
, 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Lavender Bluei"I'd be your queen,", single work poetry (p. 3-5)
- Hold Your Breathi"Hold my hand", single work poetry (p. 6)
- Cold Ardouri"When the passion has gone from the intimacy -", single work poetry (p. 7)
- A Song for My Daughteri"I would write you a poem,", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Prayer for a Lost Chancei"She", single work poetry (p. 10-13)
- Miscegenationi"Excuse me / sir -", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Post Colonial Fictions (In Memory of the Post-Colonial Fictions Conference, Perth 1992)i"Post colonial - fiction?", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Identities: Who am I?i"I knew you'd ask me who am I.", single work poetry (p. 17-20)
- Writing: For Love or Money? (for the 1994 Sydney Writers' Festival Debate)i"It's good to write for money,", single work poetry (p. 21-23)
- Telephone Conversationi"Hey, Mae, it's me.", single work poetry (p. 24-25)
- Dancing Boyi"You can see him every weekend", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Last Laughi"They call Blacks "language deficient",", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Quicksilveri"I know you love me, dear heart,", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
- The Treadmill of Lifei"Spent a lifetime on the run.", single work poetry (p. 31-32)
- Lonely Soul Dancei"Sitting in a room with you, alone,", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Moral Eclipsei"This story has its genesis", single work poetry (p. 34-38)
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