02691nam 2200577 a 450 991078136650332120230725051831.01-283-06346-897866130634651-920397-84-11-920397-61-21-920397-47-7(CKB)2550000000032600(EBL)1135119(OCoLC)830165934(SSID)ssj0000538429(PQKBManifestationID)11369641(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538429(PQKBWorkID)10559703(PQKB)11096417(MiAaPQ)EBC1135119(OCoLC)726828811(MdBmJHUP)muse21909(Au-PeEL)EBL1135119(CaPaEBR)ebr10463109(CaONFJC)MIL306346(EXLCZ)99255000000003260020110426d2011 uy pengur|n|---|||||txtccrLava lamp poems[electronic resource] /by Colleen HiggsAthlone, South Africa Hands-On Booksc20111 online resource (60 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-920397-25-6 Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Flying off the handle; Swingball; The other side; My grandfather and other ancestors; 1986; The comfort of parquet; Excuses; My Yeoville; From a balcony; Unfinished things - a lament; the poet and the woodcutter; Cheap thrills; Other women; Thoughts I started having about the Wimpy after I saw my ex-lover there with his long-lost-after-all-these-years American girlfriend; On wanting a washing machine; Stroke; Fish; Missing horses; When someone dies; Make her breathe keep her safe; Sleep deprivation; Marriage; Swings and roundabouts; Blaming LuluShe should be sleeping in her own bedAn ode to Perry; Who are you?; Wolf soup; When granny died; Everything in our house; Notes from a new country; Jeppestown, 1994; Forest Town, 2005; The Mount Nelson Hotel, 2006; Robben Island, 2006; Centurion, 2007; Back CoverColleen Higgs launched Modjaji Books, the first publishing house for southern African women writers, in 2007. Her first collection of poetry, Halfborn Woman, was published in 2004. She lives in Cape Town with her partner and her daughter.South African poetry (English)South African poetry (English)Higgs Colleen1962-1565662MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781366503321Lava lamp poems3835551UNINA