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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Refugee Kosovo
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my friends and associates, including students and young people, who have together formed and/or supported the NSW Vietnamese Refugee Support Committee in our voluntary efforts to help, assist and advocate for Vietnamese asylum seekers in South-east Asia and Hong Kong over the years (p. vi).
  • Author's endnote: Shortly after the exodus of Kosovars, starting 23 March 1999l, I penned the first poem, inspired by their traumatic displacement, as captured by the image of a young girl resting her crying head on her crying mother. (I then circulated this poem amongst my friends to ask for support for these refugees)
    For the next just over two months I followed their trail of horror and recorded their circumstances in inspirational poetry. Altogether about one hundred and twenty poems. All in this book.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Bankstown, Bankstown area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,:Integration , 1999 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Carefully Prepared Warfarei"At battleground beings are always careful", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 1)
From the Vietnamese to the Kosovar Refugeesi"From the blistered hill top", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
The Costing for Warfarei"When you wage a war", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Modern Attacksi"War quietly comes to quietly inspect", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 5)
Most of the Time War Is Reasonablei"Not ruining your well-kept lawns", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 6)
War's Lives Collectioni"In some sense WAR is", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 7)
Exit of Joyi"The mass rolls", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 8)
Festival of the Firesi"The little river winds its way", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 9)
Blown Awayi"The darkness flies in", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Human Habiti"The kids say their hair is complaining", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 11)
Home at Homei"The tent is hot and cold", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 12)
The Distance Feeti"The feet get scared of the road surface", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 13)
Looking Forward to Going Home Againi"I love it up here the mountain tip", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 14)
Return Homei"Home was only little when they left", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Bridge That Chases the Misslei"The skinny bridge is lying on his back", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 16)
A Lost Numberi"The child, the mother, the father", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 17)
Refugees Also Hit by Missilesi"Fly low the missiles", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Masterpiecei"Here!", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Sleepy Bombsi"The bombs love their year long sleep", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Familiar Loti"Bombs drop - shake the skies", Dương Xuân , single work poetry (p. 21)
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Works about this Work

Poetry Shorts Bev Braune , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 219 2000; (p. 51)
— Review of Refugee Kosovo Dương Xuân , 1999 selected work poetry ; Ten Thousand Fcuking Monkeys Justin Clemens , 1999 selected work poetry
Poetry Shorts Bev Braune , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 219 2000; (p. 51)
— Review of Refugee Kosovo Dương Xuân , 1999 selected work poetry ; Ten Thousand Fcuking Monkeys Justin Clemens , 1999 selected work poetry
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Last amended 1 Jun 2012 14:03:44
Subjects:
  • Kosovo,
    c
    Ex Yugoslavia,
    c
    Eastern Europe, Europe,
  • 1999
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