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    The Saying of Names
    The Saying of Names
    The Saying of Names
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    The Saying of Names

    By Karen Blaylock

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    The Saying of Names is the first poetry collection by Karen Blaylock, who lives in the Adelaide Hills. Her finely wrought and closely observed poems will appeal to poetry lovers everywhere.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDebbie Lee
    Release dateJun 17, 2022
    ISBN9781761093326
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      The Saying of Names - Karen Blaylock

      The Saying of Names

      THE SAYING OF NAMES

      KAREN BLAYLOCK

      Ginninderra Press

      The Saying of Names

      ISBN 978 1 76109 332 6

      Copyright © Karen Blaylock 2022

      All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Requests for permission should be sent to the publisher at the address below.

      First published 2022 by

      Ginninderra Press

      PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015

      www.ginninderrapress.com.au

      CONTENTS

      The Saying of Names

      Acknowledgements

      THE SAYING OF NAMES

      In the Garden

      (In loving memory of Papa)

      In the garden, I followed you around,

      nothing happened, nothing and

      everything that is, time was gold,

      chat was made of neither this nor that.

      Little unsaid fluencies flowered

      between us, we shared an affinity

      for green and rain, and when the coloured

      summer came, we were an audience of two.

      I

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