y separately published work icon Fighting the Demons : An Anthology of Poetry and Drawings Connected with Prison, by Prisoners, Family Members and Other Connected People anthology   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Fighting the Demons : An Anthology of Poetry and Drawings Connected with Prison, by Prisoners, Family Members and Other Connected People
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Charnwood, Belconnen area, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:Ginninderra Press , 2004 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Thisi"The gaol copy of John Foulcher's Selected", Mark O'Flynn , single work poetry (p. 7)
Potted Profile of Prisonersi"Drunk Dad", Jeanette Gibson , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Prisoni"Surrounded by walls and bars", Anne , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Animal within Usi"The animal within us,", Dean Fennell , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Stormi"Shadowed by darkness though the night is clear", Jim Jones , single work poetry (p. 12)
What It Isi"Came into this world with nothing and you leave it all the same", Jason Gill , single work poetry (p. 13)
My Dad's Last Wordsi"Dad gave me life so as I might win", Ken Trotter , single work poetry (p. 14)
Ode to Petei"Newspaper headlines scream:", CK , single work poetry (p. 15)
Free as a Birdi"Here I am, thirty-eight years old, never been trouble in my life.", Donna Parsons , single work poetry (p. 17)
A Heroin Addict through the Eyes of a Motheri"Can you remember", Robyn , single work poetry (p. 18)
Standing at the Gatehousei"Standing at the gatehouse", Michael K. M. Clancy , single work poetry (p. 19)
My Cell from withini"My cell: a tomb for the living, encloses me in a cold embrace, it pre-", Glenn Jordan , single work poetry (p. 22)
Freedom to Breathei"The apple tree is wet with the night's rain", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 23)
Note: Epigraph: Adapted from Alexander Solzheitsyn's prose poem
Port Arthuri"An urge to atone", Peter Kocan , single work poetry (p. 24)
Cell of Flowersi"Twenty years ago", Grant Caldwell , single work poetry (p. 25)
Farewell Dear Ronniei"I have a very sad story from here at the MAP", Michael Crawcour , single work poetry (p. 26)
Jungle Bunniesi"The cry and the roar", Jacqueline Petersen , single work poetry (p. 27)
I Wishi"I wish I knew how to be the mother that I am! If nobody ever lets", Melanie Gottfried , single work poetry (p. 28)
My Rainbowi"You are my world", Melanie Gottfried , single work poetry (p. 29)
Prisoner's Face, Mother's Hearti"I am now nothing more than a prisoner, it will take time to recover", Kerry Tucker , single work poetry (p. 30)
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