Occasions for Words : poems for birth, marriage, death and much between
Wakefield Press, 2006. 196 pp.
In these superbly crafted poems, I have written responses to birth and death, love and friendship, marriage and divorce. Here you will find words to help you celebrate, or mourn, almost everything of consequence in the daily life of Australia and Australians. Whether the occasion is formal or informal and public or private, from the naming of children to the acquiring of citizenship or the sending of flowers, it's all here - including poems about the enjoyment of sharing with friends the conviviality of the season. Foreword by Dally Messenger III.
Now out of print. A very small number of copies are still available from me.