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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Into the Dark Skin : Poems
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Notes

  • Epigraph: '...were it not for those horrible sleepless nights, I would never write.' -- Kafka
  • Preface by Dan O'Neill
  • Back cover endorsements by Mal Morgan, Sneja Gunew and Dan O'Neill.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Upper Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:Papyrus Publishing , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Little Cloudi"It was noon when a cloud fell.", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Dreami"In the silence of the air", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 6)
Something Just Utteredi"In the heart of night", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 7)
Something Is Coming Backi"I. Discovery in the woods", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Moaning Poemi"Tonight from a gaze", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 10)
On That Dayi"The simple sharp words are dead.", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 11)
Land of Honey and Harmonyi"They gave me a chance", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Homelandi"Walking", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 15)
Poetic Nights of Italyi"I. Searching for a hole", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Aristotle's Fantasyi"Why was it that ancient man", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 18)
Today I Write...i"Today I'd like to write", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 19-21)
A Fragmenti"They taught me mathematics.", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 21)
Enigmai"Broken hills in my dream,", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Nightscape Fitzroyi"The moon:", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 24)
Mesmerisingi"Language, the speech", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 25-26)
My Granny Told Mei"When I was a kid", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
My Friends Told Mei"My friends told me", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 29-31)
I Will Rememberi"I have to remember everything:", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 32-34)
Alienationi"Up,", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 35)
Inspirationi"It's not a long time ago", Mammad Aidani , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Better Not to Explain : Poems
    • Upper Ferntree Gully, Ferntree Gully area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Papyrus Publishing , 1995 .
      Extent: vi, 72p.p.
      Edition info: 2nd. ed.
      Note/s:
      • Editor's note: Some poems of this collection were first published in Today I Write (Papyrus Publishing, 1992,) p.iii.
      ISBN: 1875934022
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Related Works

Song for Mammad i "The moon has a song for you Mammad.", Doris Sharp , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Multicultural Book Review , vol. 2 no. 1 1994; (p. 56)
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Works about this Work

Untitled Enrique Martinez , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Multicultural Book Review , vol. 1 no. 1993; (p. 49-51)
— Review of Into the Dark Skin : Poems Mammad Aidani , 1993 selected work poetry
Untitled Enrique Martinez , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Multicultural Book Review , vol. 1 no. 1993; (p. 49-51)
— Review of Into the Dark Skin : Poems Mammad Aidani , 1993 selected work poetry
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