Betty Collins Betty Collins i(A11643 works by) (a.k.a. Helen Elizabeth Collins; Betty Cock-Collins; Betty Myburgh)
Born: Established: 1928 Cape Town,
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: South African
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1 Night in the Suburbs i "After the chattering families have slipped behind curtains,", Betty Collins , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Flying Kites 2012; (p. 26)
1 War Story i "In the early morning she saw them enter the bay", Betty Collins , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sorcerers and Soothsayers : Friendly Street Poets 35 2011; (p. 23)
1 Riposte i "Now that I am an old woman", Betty Collins , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Voices : Selected Poems from the North Eastern Writers Inc. 2010; (p. 28-29)
1 Tadpoles i "Fossicking for smooth stones at the water's edge", Betty Collins , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Four : After the Race 2010; (p. 27)
1 Why Old Ladies Have Pot Plants i "they used to have gardens, big gardens", Betty Collins , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Poetry Reader : Thirty-Three : Catch Fire 2009; (p. 31)
1 Body Parts (4) Knees i "Knees bend", Betty Collins , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Two : Rewired : 2008; (p. 70)
1 y separately published work icon Not About Frogs Betty Collins , West Lakes : Seaview Press , 2007 Z1443466 2007 selected work poetry
1 In the Park i "I want to fling myself down in the long grass in the shade of that tree", Betty Collins , 2006 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty 2006; (p. 24)
1 My First Librarian was a Greek i "And he couldn't speak much English", Betty Collins , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poets : Twenty-Nine : Blur 2005; (p. 94-95)
1 Where's Wallie? i "There,", Betty Collins , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poets Twenty-Eight : Another Universe 2004; (p. 24)
1 Spring Fever i "No, Your Honor, my childhood was perfectly normal,", Betty Collins , 2003 single work poetry
— Appears in: Beyond the Shimmering : A Gawler Literary Fund Anthology of Poetry 2003; (p. 56) Friendly Street Poets : Thirty-One : Unruly Sun : 2007; (p. 24)
1 Why Old Ladies Feed Birds i "I think I know why old ladies feed birds", Betty Collins , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Reader : Twenty-Five : Flow 2001; (p. 95-96)
1 Aquatic Debacle Betty Collins , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Reader : Twenty-Four 2000; (p. 20)
1 Tokaloshe Betty Collins , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Come Down the Lane With Me : Poetry from the Albert Hotel, Gawler 1998;
1 Senior Citizen i "There the old man goes", Betty Collins , 1998 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poets : Twenty-Two 1998; (p. 21)
1 Bushman Saga i "I remember the Empire Exhibition in Johannesburg", Betty Collins , 1998 single work poetry biography
— Appears in: The Bunyip , 29 July 1998; (p. Arts page.) HOBO Poetry Magazine , March no. 20 1999; (p. 47-48)
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