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Issue Details: First known date: 2001... 2001 A Fortunate Star
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Notes

  • Epigraph: by Tsao Pei, Camille Pissaro, Thomas Hardy, C.S. Lewis, A.D. Hope, Marc Chagall, Robert Louis Stevenson.
  • Dedication: To all those people, young and old, who still read and love poetry.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Pinchgut Press , 2001 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Whisper of the Wavesi"We sat in the shade of the verandah drinking coffee", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 9)
Springi"This is the seventy-ninth spring of my life", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 10)
Auntie Tillie and Mei"When I was a little girl", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 11)
On Revisiting Melbournei"How comfortably I fit into this city of my childhood", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 12)
Sydneyi"Today the tall glas buildings of my city", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 13)
Who Is It?i"As I passed a shop mirror this morning", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 14)
My Brothers and Ii"How is it that my brother and I", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 15)
Friendsi"I was an alone child", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 16)
Inki"Today coming down the expressway", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 17)
Stormi"I am caught in the fury of a storm", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 18)
Drivingi"What is more exciting", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 19)
Strangeri"I am a stranger living in a strange world", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Art Gallery of New South Walesi"I have been to the Art Gallery", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Julian Ashton Art School, Sydneyi"I love this art school", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 22)
Major's Creeki"I am sitting at the side of a road", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 23)
Double Numbersi"This year my daughter turns forty-four", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 24)
Travellingi"It is so easy each night to get into bed", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 25)
Drawing in Francei"I am making pictures every day", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 26)
Singing Sunflowers, Burgundyi"Over the hills and below the autumn skies", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 27)
Graveyard in France, Bussiere-sur-Ouchei"I climb past the graves of the mothers and the fathers", Marjorie Pizer , single work poetry (p. 28)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Different Kinds of Burning : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 165 2001; (p. 124-127)

— Review of Behind the Moon Jacob G. Rosenberg , 2000 selected work poetry ; A Fortunate Star Marjorie Pizer , 2001 selected work poetry ; Invisible Tattoos Lauren Williams , 2000 selected work poetry ; Semi Madness : Voices from Semaphore Geoff Goodfellow , 1997 selected work poetry ; Frankenstein's Bathtub Tricia Dearborn , 2001 selected work poetry ; Sealer's Cove D. J. Huppatz , 2000 single work poetry ; Hey, I've Got the Racist Flu! : A Faint Voice From Vietnamese School Children Dương Xuân , 2002 selected work poetry
Different Kinds of Burning : New Poetry Kerry Leves , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 165 2001; (p. 124-127)

— Review of Behind the Moon Jacob G. Rosenberg , 2000 selected work poetry ; A Fortunate Star Marjorie Pizer , 2001 selected work poetry ; Invisible Tattoos Lauren Williams , 2000 selected work poetry ; Semi Madness : Voices from Semaphore Geoff Goodfellow , 1997 selected work poetry ; Frankenstein's Bathtub Tricia Dearborn , 2001 selected work poetry ; Sealer's Cove D. J. Huppatz , 2000 single work poetry ; Hey, I've Got the Racist Flu! : A Faint Voice From Vietnamese School Children Dương Xuân , 2002 selected work poetry
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