Venie Holmgren Venie Holmgren i(A6643 works by) (a.k.a. Lavinia Stella Holmgren)
Born: Established: 1922 York, York area, York - Brookton - Quairading area, Northam - Southern Cross area, Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 27 Jan 2016
Gender: Female
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1 Harvest i "rain - rain - rain falling soft, incessant", Venie Holmgren , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Five Bells , Spring vol. 16 no. 4 2009; (p. 63)
1 1 y separately published work icon A Sense of Direction Venie Holmgren , Charnwood : Ginninderra Press , 2008 Z1528467 2008 single work autobiography travel
1 The Affair of the Wollongong Mall Venie Holmgren , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Voice : A Journal of Comment and Review , December no. 20 2006; (p. 18-20)

Holmgren describes the circumstances surrounding the National Poetry Week event planned for the Crown Street Mall, Wollongong in August 2006. The South Coast Writers' Centre applied for a permit, but ran into difficulty when they were advised that no objectionable political or religious content would be allowed.
1 Australia/India Poetry Exchange Venie Holmgren , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Newswrite : The NSW Writers' Centre Magazine , May no. 158 2006; (p. 27)
1 The Moveable Heart i "Your modest little book with its bright red cover", Venie Holmgren , 2006 single work single work poetry
— Appears in: Sun and Sleet 2006; (p. 132)
1 Birthday Gifts i "lined up on top of a bookcase", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 27)
1 Post Liberation i "Maggots, riddling the corpse", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 26)
1 Desert Storm i "In the welcome coold and stillness of a wide verandah", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 24)
1 Wings i "July - and it's always been winter.", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 22-23)
1 Monaro Highway Dreaming i "gray gray-green white beige brown", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 21)
1 Belzec i "beyond anger beyond grief beyond tears", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 12-18)
1 For Whom the Cap Fits i "In the depths of the oily black lake of your heart", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 11)
1 Herstorical Note i "One of history's unfortunates living", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 8)
1 Landships i "And then the Brits beat their ploughshares into weapons", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 5-7)
1 On the Morning i "of the day the news broke from the little bedside radio", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 3)
1 Watching the News i "hand shakes shaking hand", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 1)
1 y separately published work icon Day of the Pardalote Venie Holmgren , Warners Bay : Picaro Press , 2005 Z1652297 2005 selected work poetry
1 Old River Gum i "We pack a huge picnic basket and drive off into the bush,", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Reid's Magazine : The Short Fiction and Poetry Magazine , March vol. 1 no. 1 2005; (p. 15)
1 The Sergeant i "has been seriously wounded", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , First Quarter vol. 24 no. 1 2005; (p. 26) Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 3) Page Seventeen , no. 1 2005; (p. 43)
1 Blue on Blue i "You come over very low", Venie Holmgren , 2005 single work poetry
— Appears in: Five Bells , Autumn vol. 12 no. 2 2005; (p. 36) Day of the Pardalote 2005; (p. 25)
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