Islands

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  • Published 20111031
  • ISBN: 9781921758232
  • Extent: 232 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

i dream of islands, glass-bottom boats, waters clear

and safe as houses before they’re bombed

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About the author

Kathleen Bleakley

Kathleen Bleakley is descended from a light-keeper.This poem is from her manuscript ‘Lightseekers’. Her work has been widely published in magazines, journals and books...

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