02381nam 2200625 a 450 991096953230332120200520144314.0978174219442417421944279781742191348174219134797817421913241742191320(CKB)1000000000693136(EBL)410443(OCoLC)437089544(SSID)ssj0000204690(PQKBManifestationID)11199484(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000204690(PQKBWorkID)10188301(PQKB)10536252(MiAaPQ)EBC410443(Au-PeEL)EBL410443(CaPaEBR)ebr10273714(Perlego)1610637(EXLCZ)99100000000069313620090320d2004 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrModewarre home ground /Patricia Sykes1st ed.North Melbourne, Vic. Spinifex Press20041 online resource (110 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781306099745 1306099749 9781876756505 1876756500 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 centuryAustralian poetry821.4080994A821.4Sykes Patricia1941-1807824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969532303321Modewarre4357789UNINA