My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've written poems as well, a slim volume of poetry.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986.

There's only one set of books I've written that I knew was going to be more than one book at the beginning, and those are the 'Missing Link' books.

there are some poems
that we leave behind
some that leave us behind

while some just live
silently
in the heart

crumble, sometimes
dwindle
disappear
die

and are reborn
when you smile again.