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Website contains a collection of poems by Australian poets concerning war. It was created as part of a campaign against war between a United States led coalition and Iraq.
Notes
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Contents indexed selectively - overseas poets not indexed.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Balmain,
Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area,
Sydney Inner West,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:The Poets Union
, 2002- version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Razor Wirei"Number 82176 is two",
single work
poetry
Note: With alternate title 'Refugees Go Hand in Hand with War'
- Invoking Peacei"Ubaka is beating her drum", single work poetry
- A Matter of Timei"By a dry river south of Alice Springs", single work poetry
- Without Fussi"without fuss, it ran", single work poetry
- Untitled "This is a story of horror" This Is a Storyi"of horror", single work poetry
- Red Necked Avoceti"Wading in a lake blocked off to the sea", single work poetry
- All the Voices in the Worldi"a babel", single work poetry
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To a Cyborgi"Lie and tell me you are human.",
single work
poetry
Note: Epigraph: 'The child is father to the man.' William Blake
- Don't Mention the Wari"Behind Ned Kelly's rectangular visor", single work poetry
- Bad Skiesi"It's a bad sky day. Already the moon", single work poetry
- Philosophers and Other World Leadersi"It seems much later in the history of human thought than merely this evening. A curl of thin smoke marks the bomb blast obliterating", single work poetry
- The Last Monk of Puu Jihi"Escaping Red Army troops", single work poetry
- Jack Sue Wong - Australian-born Chinesei"But how can you return", single work poetry
- The Vision of St Eustacei"Four weeks ago a wind", single work poetry
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At the Walli"our soft little lives",
single work
poetry
Note: Epigraph: I'd written myself into a wall -- James Baldwin
- Approaching war... January 2003i"I don't listen to the radio much", single work poetry
- Shooting Basketsi"This is not grieving -", single work poetry
- Wake-Up (Calli"pain like the night (i.e. insomnia", single work poetry
- Spoils to the Victorsi"Always, when the conquerors come", single work poetry
- Dear Mr Howard, Please Be Sensible ...i"Look", single work poetry
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Last amended 8 Aug 2008 10:39:49
Subjects:
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cIraq,cMiddle East, Asia,
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