y separately published work icon The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Notes

  • Epigraph: That child I was intrudes between / The woman I am, the woman I've been.
  • Poems selected and introduced by Meg Stewart. Includes select bibliography of works by Nancy Keesing.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:State Library of New South Wales Press , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing : Introduction, Meg Stewart , single work criticism biography (p. 1-43)
A Cindy Windy Story (for Miss Siobhan Costigan)i"On a day both wet and windy", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
No Friends of Mine! : At Home (in Sydney)i"The liquidamber as a-squawk with white cockatoos;", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 48)
No Friends of Mine! : Abroad (in Kakadu National Park)i"A flock of cockatoos boards the tour boat", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 49)
[Miles]i"Didn't you see her?", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 50)
[After the Meeting]i"After the meeting - after the clever voices", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 51)
Tommy - (after Long Illness)i"His long illness was age. Age he did not wear lightly", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
Cursei"A window is broken", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 54)
Recitation by a Very Sweet Old Ladyi"A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 55)
[The Hoop-Pine]i"Every day, near dusk", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 56)
Camelliasi"Columned house and columned trees", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 57-59)
The Envoysi"Tall, proud and thin", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 60)
The Mountain and its Men (for Manning Clark - Mountain Climber)i"The expert in fossils and rock burrows into its boulders;", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 61)
Writers' Conference, December 1977i"Sydney's rim burns.", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 62)
Down Darling Point Roadi"He was a jaunty old man in suit of grey;", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 65-66)
Treats for the Kiddiesi"It is worth a drive in the Hopkinses car", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
Marathon Steps, Darling Pointi"A sadist nursemaid broke my sister's doll", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 69)
The Domain is a Place for Improving Occasionsi"In the Domain there rants a lady", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 70-71)
Darlo and the Crossi"As we walked home from school today", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
The Fire Chief Only Goes to the Worst Conflagrationsi"We were just asleep when the fire brigades roared by", Nancy Keesing , single work poetry (p. 74)
VIEW ENTIRE CONTENTS ( works)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Works about this Work

Companionable Poems Ken L. Goodwin , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 March 1995; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
People of the Book Serge Liberman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 17 February 1995; (p. 37)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
This Rhyme Lacks Reason Mark Macleod , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
Visionary of Poetic Sydney Susan Chenery , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
Wrapping Up the Papers of the Past Patricia Rolfe , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 February vol. 116 no. 5959 1995; (p. 96)
This Rhyme Lacks Reason Mark Macleod , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
People of the Book Serge Liberman , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 17 February 1995; (p. 37)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
Companionable Poems Ken L. Goodwin , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 March 1995; (p. wkd 6)
— Review of The Woman I Am : Poems by Nancy Keesing Nancy Keesing , 1995 selected work poetry
Wrapping Up the Papers of the Past Patricia Rolfe , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 28 February vol. 116 no. 5959 1995; (p. 96)
Visionary of Poetic Sydney Susan Chenery , 1995 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21 January 1995; (p. 12A)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (5)
Last amended 24 Feb 2009 11:53:17
Common subjects:
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X