My Bucket List

By Deborah Anne Tanzer

The Bucket List is an introspective expedition into growing up in the Sunshine State of Queensland, Australia. Deborah Tanzer's recollections are offered through verse, every word delicately chosen to capture the spirit of loved ones, seasons, landscape and identities. Complementing the artistic flow of the author are compelling and ent

• Language: English
• Publisher: Debbie Lee
• Release date: Apr 12, 2023
• ISBN: 9781761095122

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My Bucket List

MY BUCKET LIST

Sand Sprinkled Poetry

DEBORAH ANNE TANZER

Ginninderra Press

My Bucket List: Sand Sprinkled Poetry

ISBN 978 1 76109 512 2

Copyright © text Deborah Anne Tanzer 2023

Cover image: In My Lifetime, by the author

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First published 2023 by

Ginninderra Press

PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015

www.ginninderrapress.com.au

CONTENTS

Prologue

Introduction

My Bucket List

fig

Townsville’s Fig Tree

In my lifetime, I think that I may have walked upon a million grains of sand!

But Mum – (…) that’s a mere bucket full (?)

lighthouse

To the Lighthouse! – commissioned work for Barry’s son Mathew Tanzer (Brisbane), oils

The standard is to write so that it spills forth, encaptivating one’s disposition on Earth. More than words, consisting of heart, soul, and an abundance of love. In doing so, may they feel such pain or still their breath; till tears dwell or a smile spreads and touches hearts…thus leaving one’s literary footprint on a soul, like footprints in the white sand.

author

Deborah Anne Tanzer, 2020

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