Louise Halfe revisits familiar aboriginal themes, but pushes them farther than she has before, in this third collection of her moving, powerful poetry. The ancestors speak through a Mother’s fireside stories, and the figure of Rolling Head recurs everywhere on the path – as nightmare, as conscience, as maternal lover. The heartbreaking dysfunction of a Native family, and the haunted memories and temptations of one woman’s quest, are tempered by the tenderness, the loyalty, and the outbursts of earthy laughter that distinguish Louise Halfe’s unique gifts as a poet and as mediator between two cultures.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 811/.54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Poems Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781550505047 1550503723
- LCCN
- PR9199.3.H3144
- LCCN Item number
- C76 2007eb
- Modifying agency
- DLC
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (135 p.)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00228925 (OCoLC)794619928 (CaOOCEL)443680
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half-title page 2
- Title page 4
- Publication Information 5
- Quotation 6
- Elder Cardinal's words 8
- Table of Contents 10
- Section One 14
- Section Two 26
- Section Three 46
- Section Four 64
- Section Five 80
- Section Six 92
- Section Seven 110
- Section Eight 124
- Section Nine 140
- Footnotes 142
- Glossary 144
- In Appreciation with Gratitude 148
- About the Author 152
