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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 On the Shores of a Night : Poetry
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Notes

  • Dedication:
    To my daughter
    Always remember yesterday
    with all its joy and sorrow
    to live today
    for tomorrow.
  • Divided into five sections:
    I looked for the poets; Alas! They had all died!
    Like an oriental princes on her wedding night!
    Waken then, and tell the silent world!
    Was I ever the sky, or was the sky I?
    I shall never walk again!

Contents

* Contents derived from the Liverpool, Liverpool area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,:Scape Press , 1995 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
I Lived on the Shores of a Nighti"I have lived, I have dreamed, and contemplated", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Elegy to Literaturei"Long ago, when I learned Napoleon's language", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 15)
Conspiracyi"When in black night veils her face", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 16)
Eternityi"In the extremity of the innermost depth", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Heart and the Souli"Dissolved in the mist of a dreamladen night", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Sleepless in Hyde Parki"Snuggled in a blanket of newspapers", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 20)
Now that Paradise is Losti"In the far end of Eden, near the eastern gate", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 21-25)
Psalms Ii"In reality I find no objectivity", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Misconceptionsi"Confused presences", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 28)
I to You Give Backi"Now that your writing I have read", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 29)
Somewhere in Bethlehemi"In a little house, whitened with chastity", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 30-36)
Death of the Dreami"The dream has been assassinated", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 37)
Sydney is on Firei"Contorted with aches, Sydney is on fire!", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
Black and White Pawnsi"Check Mate!", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 40)
Psalms IIi"I am a day lost in the calendar of ages", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 41)
A Motheri"Curled in a mother's breast", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 42)
The Unknown Aussie Soldieri"How can you be called 'Unknown'", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 43)
To the Robini"Seated upon your window sill", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 44)
Where I Want to Bei"Where is heard through the morning breeze", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 45)
Stillborni"Have you made love to sorrow", Layla Saklawi , single work poetry (p. 46)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Liverpool, Liverpool area, Sydney Southwest, Sydney, New South Wales,: Scape Press , 1995 .
      Extent: 144p.
      Note/s:
      • With an introduction by Dr Latif Abul-Husn. Foreword in the Arabic language.
      ISBN: 0646249584
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