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Fighting the Demons : An Anthology of Poetry and Drawings Connected with Prison, by Prisoners, Family Members and Other Connected People
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2004
Fighting the Demons : An Anthology of Poetry and Drawings Connected with Prison, by Prisoners, Family Members and Other Connected People
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* Contents derived from the
Charnwood,
Belconnen area,
Canberra,
Australian Capital Territory,:Ginninderra Press
, 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Thisi"The gaol copy of John Foulcher's Selected", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Potted Profile of Prisonersi"Drunk Dad", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Prisoni"Surrounded by walls and bars", single work poetry (p. 10)
- The Animal within Usi"The animal within us,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- The Stormi"Shadowed by darkness though the night is clear", single work poetry (p. 12)
- What It Isi"Came into this world with nothing and you leave it all the same", single work poetry (p. 13)
- My Dad's Last Wordsi"Dad gave me life so as I might win", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Ode to Petei"Newspaper headlines scream:", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Free as a Birdi"Here I am, thirty-eight years old, never been trouble in my life.", single work poetry (p. 17)
- A Heroin Addict through the Eyes of a Motheri"Can you remember", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Standing at the Gatehousei"Standing at the gatehouse", single work poetry (p. 19)
- My Cell from withini"My cell: a tomb for the living, encloses me in a cold embrace, it pre-", single work poetry (p. 22)
-
Freedom to Breathei"The apple tree is wet with the night's rain",
single work
poetry
(p. 23)
Note: Epigraph: Adapted from Alexander Solzheitsyn's prose poem
- Port Arthuri"An urge to atone", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Cell of Flowersi"Twenty years ago", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Farewell Dear Ronniei"I have a very sad story from here at the MAP", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Jungle Bunniesi"The cry and the roar", single work poetry (p. 27)
- I Wishi"I wish I knew how to be the mother that I am! If nobody ever lets", single work poetry (p. 28)
- My Rainbowi"You are my world", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Prisoner's Face, Mother's Hearti"I am now nothing more than a prisoner, it will take time to recover", single work poetry (p. 30)
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