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Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Our Only Guide Is Our Homesickness
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Notes

  • Epigraph: Ah Harry we have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no-one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness. - Herman Hesse, Steppenwolf.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Five Islands Press , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Sea Cavesi"Driving back from Melbourne in the old Morris.", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 5)
House of Mirrorsi"I wander through an empty house.", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 6)
Pony (Lindhurst Hotel)i"Miles out, up a corrugated road", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 7)
Loudi"Watching Gilligan's Island", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 8)
Use By Datei"No one wants Dave to die.", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 9)
Ngarrindjeri Bonesi"The farmer yelled that the bones were a nuisance", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 10)
Smokei"Theresa Perry pushes", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 11)
Namingi"The woman is not named.", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 12)
Morning Cowsi"Between these mountains", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Weight of Dreamsi"Could a flower dream the colour of its petals,", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 14)
Lake Eyrei"It takes mornings of pale gold to cross a desert.", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 15)
In the Time of Red Wine and Temazepami"blankets were piled high against the cold.", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 16)
Afternoon Teai"In the afternoon at your house", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 17)
Enlightenedi"The day Pranam disappeared", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Pondi"The pond is a surface", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 19)
The Place Where Babies Are Not Borni"A tinny radio irritates the corridors", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 20)
Grafti"First I had to remember", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 21)
Winei"On the grape harvest", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 22)
King Browni"My father brings me home", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 23)
Days of Our Lives Ladyi"All the adults were busy", Nandi Chinna , single work poetry (p. 24)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Our Only Guide Is Our Homesickness and I Could Be Rain Kevin Gillam , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Indigo , Autumn no. 2 2008; (p. 118-121)

— Review of Our Only Guide Is Our Homesickness Nandi Chinna , 2007 selected work poetry ; I Could Be Rain Jennifer Kornberger , 2007 selected work poetry
Untitled Kevin Gillam , 2007-2008 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 15 no. 1 2007-2008; (p. 52-53)

— Review of Our Only Guide Is Our Homesickness Nandi Chinna , 2007 selected work poetry ; Songs Orphans Sing Sarah French , 2007 selected work poetry
Our Only Guide Is Our Homesickness and I Could Be Rain Kevin Gillam , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Indigo , Autumn no. 2 2008; (p. 118-121)

— Review of Our Only Guide Is Our Homesickness Nandi Chinna , 2007 selected work poetry ; I Could Be Rain Jennifer Kornberger , 2007 selected work poetry
Untitled Kevin Gillam , 2007-2008 single work review
— Appears in: Five Bells , Summer vol. 15 no. 1 2007-2008; (p. 52-53)

— Review of Our Only Guide Is Our Homesickness Nandi Chinna , 2007 selected work poetry ; Songs Orphans Sing Sarah French , 2007 selected work poetry
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