02247nam 2200553 a 450 991045425110332120200520144314.01-74219-442-71-74219-134-71-74219-132-0(CKB)1000000000693136(EBL)410443(OCoLC)437089544(SSID)ssj0000204690(PQKBManifestationID)11199484(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204690(PQKBWorkID)10188301(PQKB)10536252(MiAaPQ)EBC410443(Au-PeEL)EBL410443(CaPaEBR)ebr10273714(EXLCZ)99100000000069313620090320d2004 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrModewarre[electronic resource] home ground /Patricia SykesNorth Melbourne, Vic. Spinifex Press20041 online resource (110 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-09974-9 1-876756-50-0 Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; House of the Bird; House of Water; House of Detention; Other poetry titles from Spinifex PressIn poems that are as concentrated as pearls, Patricia Sykes explores various histories?her own, those of her forebears, and the wider histories of identity and place. Citing the intersection of three distinct philosophies with particular birds?the indigenous modewarre, the colonial biziura lobata, and the common Wathaurong musk duck?these poems set out on the winding paths of memory and aspiration, searching for answers to the questions What is home? and What is identity? Their context is local and universal, their voices are restless and insistent, their themes are as broadAustralian poetry21st centuryElectronic books.Australian poetry821.4080994A821.4Sykes Patricia1941-862246MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454251103321Modewarre1924810UNINA