Frances Roberts Frances Roberts i(A18513 works by) (a.k.a. Frances Daggar Roberts)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Collecting Life Frances Roberts , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2023 26938468 2023 selected work poetry

'Frances Daggar Roberts is an Australian poet who grew up in a remote area where she began to write poetry to capture the love she felt for plants, animals and landscape. She lives with her partner in a bushland setting close to Sydney and now focuses on her art and poetry having retired from her psychology work at the end of 2022. As a psychologist, Frances was treating people with significant anxiety and depression. Compassion for those who struggle with such issues has led to the frequent exploration in her more recent poetry of human need, sorrow and resilience. Frances was also a teacher of English and languages and a former professional ballet dancer with the Australian ballet. She selected this range of poems because they significantly capture words and concepts that increased awareness of the many different perceptions that underwrites powerful contributions to the different inspirations in many ideas.'  (https://www.kobo.com/ww/en/ebook/collecting-life)
1 A Secret Language i "Consider what we have here:", Frances Roberts , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , June no. 7 2019;
1 Departure . i "Caught in the tide of you", Frances Roberts , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , December no. 6 2018;
1 Flight of the Rohingya i "Water and a little food", Frances Roberts , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , December no. 6 2018;
1 This Day upon My Face i "The old sun's kiss in sorrow", Frances Roberts , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 31 July vol. 26 no. 15 2016;
1 Silent Ending i "What's in between those two extremes:", Frances Roberts , 2016 single work
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 31 July vol. 26 no. 15 2016;
1 A Bearer of Time i "I like the ancient terracotta urn", Frances Roberts , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 31 July vol. 26 no. 15 2016;
1 Medical Encounter i "Waiting on a white plastic chair", Frances Roberts , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 31 July vol. 26 no. 15 2016;
1 A Bondi Promontory i "A tongue of jealousy", Frances Roberts , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 31 July vol. 26 no. 15 2016;
1 Adrift i "This cramped corner of the decking planks", Frances Roberts , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 31 July vol. 26 no. 15 2016;
1 Silence Frances Roberts , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Dry Season vol. 15 no. 1 1992; (p. 84-85)
— Review of In Silence I Hear : Short Stories about Deafness 1991 anthology short story
1 The Blue Dress Frances Roberts , 1992 single work review
— Appears in: Northern Perspective , Wet Season vol. 15 no. 2 1992; (p. 94-95)
— Review of The Blue Dress : Stories 1991 anthology short story
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