Sitting on the Fence single work   poetry   "Come sit down beside me"
Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 Sitting on the Fence
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    y separately published work icon Rattling in the Wind : Australian Poems for Children Jill Heylen (editor), Celia Jellett (editor), Maire Smith (illustrator), Adelaide : Omnibus Books , 1987 Z864929 1987 anthology poetry children's The authors have sought to give us the very best in contemporary and traditional Australian poetry for children. The collection covers such themes and concerns from nature and animal poems to those engaged with the demands of urban and suburban living. Adelaide : Omnibus Books , 1987 pg. 80
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    y separately published work icon A Bunch of Poesy Leunig , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 Z64233 1992 selected work poetry humour Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1992 pg. 23
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    y separately published work icon Poems : 1972-2002 Michael Leunig , Camberwell : Viking , 2003 Z1061030 2003 selected work poetry humour fantasy satire Curly Verse : Selected Poems Camberwell : Viking , 2003 pg. 51
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    y separately published work icon The ABC Book of Australian Poetry : A Treasury of Poems for Young Children Libby Hathorn , Pymble : ABC Books , 2010 Z1703020 2010 anthology poetry

    ''I am the river, gently flowing, as I wind my way to the sea.' (Mary Duroux)

    'Follow the river of poetry through country, town, the bush, the four seasons, night and day and explore the Australian landscape through the eyes of our best Australian poets.

    'In this beautiful collection of poems for children, award-winning author and poet, Libby Hathorn, has brought together favourites such as those by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Dorothea Mackellar and C.J. Dennis, as well as more contemporary poems by Steven Herrick, Eva Johnson, Les A. Murray and others.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.
     

    Pymble : ABC Books , 2010
    pg. 132 Section: Part 4. All Along the River : Through the City, Night and Day
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