Julia Wakefield Julia Wakefield i(A79132 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon Friendly Street : New Poets Twenty Alys Jackson , Julia Wakefield , Sharon Foulkes , Norwood : Friendly Street Poets , 2019 18364300 2019 selected work poetry

'Wolf Ghosts – Alys Jackson ‘This is highly visual work. It dances with effective short lines and shows an ability to hook the reader with a strong closing image or idea. Wolf Ghosts frequently takes the natural world, and especially animals, as its subject. It depicts that world as vulnerable one minute and threatening or, at least, indifferent to humans, at the next. The landscape revealed might devour us if we are not careful. If there is sometimes a sombre atmosphere in these poems, edged with a sense of impending loss, the effect is not so much bleak and hopeless as thought-provoking. It is a timely approach and a well-wrought collection.’

'Shifting Viewpoints – Julia Wakefield ‘This collection draws its inspirations, its reference points, from many sources and subjects. The author seems restless, looking not to be pinned to one style or a predictable opinion. That elusiveness keeps the poems fresh and is a large part of its charm, with narrating perspectives that challenge reader expectations. There is darkness in its humour, delivered with a wink in depictions that can sometimes be whimsical or obviously surreal. The work includes sharp portrayals of nature, celebrating it and weighing up our place in it. Shifting Viewpoints does what it says on the tin, while offering a welcome adventurous outlook in its scope and multiple perspectives.’

'Finding Their Voices – Sharon Foulkes ‘The poems in Finding Their Voices often address moments of stress that ask key questions of the reader, explicitly or not. They vary widely in focus, for example from the domestic arena, such as a fraught ‘hand-over’ of a child on a custody weekend, to a catastrophic encounter with a bushfire as it engulfs a farm. Other topics captured with precision involve life in an industrial country town and the joie de vivre of childhood. The language shifts between a more determinedly poetic voice and plainer speech, the latter often being delivered in a diaristic manner. The poems are character-laden and the richer for it.’ (Publication summary)

1 Whale Tale Julia Wakefield , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: School Magazine. Blast Off! , July vol. 103 no. 6 2018; (p. 13)
1 y separately published work icon Chocolates & Chuckles : Poems Vivien Wade , Seaford : RhymeTime Press , 2016 9649075 2016 selected work poetry

'Have you ever tried fad diets, joined a gym, or hosted a dinner party where all went wrong? Chocolates & Chuckles is rhyming poetry that helps you see the funny side of life. The sweet rhyming style will make you smile. It includes chuckles for children too! 70 poems written in the Australian culture to tickle your funny bone! This is the author's second collection of poems.' (Publication summary)

1 A Determination to Endure Julia Wakefield , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , August-October no. 5 2012;

— Review of The Butcher's Window Carmel Williams , 2005 selected work poetry
1 Freedom's Lover i "a lop-eared lady gazes wistfully", Julia Wakefield , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , Summer no. 3 2012; (p. 106-106)
1 Ode to Tracey i "O Tracey, why do you flaunt your love", Julia Wakefield , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Flying Kites 2012; (p. 106)
1 Something to Tweet About i "Half an hour before midnight", Julia Wakefield , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sorcerers and Soothsayers : Friendly Street Poets 35 2011; (p. 108)
1 The Cockie's Complaint i "I hate gum trees", Julia Wakefield , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Four : After the Race 2010; (p. 24-25)
1 y separately published work icon A Disastrous Honeymoon Julia Wakefield , Fitzroy : Littlefox Press , 2009 Z1699495 2009 single work poetry
1 The Penultimate Poet i "Not last in line", Julia Wakefield , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Poetry Reader : Thirty-Three : Catch Fire 2009; (p. 106)
1 God's Eye View i "Sifting through kelp", Julia Wakefield , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Page Seventeen , no. 7 2009; (p. 156-157)
1 Shoreline i "To trap your dreams", Julia Wakefield , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Page Seventeen , no. 7 2009; (p. 95)
1 I Am a Reflection in a Shop Window i "I am a reflection in a shop window", Julia Wakefield , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Two : Rewired : 2008; (p. 82)
1 Sugar and Spite i "I know blood's thicker than water, Honey", Julia Wakefield , 2008 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Two : Rewired : 2008; (p. 71)
1 y separately published work icon Echoes of Dreaming Ruth Homes , Richmond : Heinemann Education Australia , 1981 Z999697 1981 single work children's fiction children's
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