HOME (Bilingual)

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Home 1950s- sister and friends
Home 1958 – sister and friends
HOME 
             
‘Where’s your home’, he asks? ‘Where did you really come from?’ 
Does he want to know where I was born or is he asking 
About the difficulties of life?  	

	Does he fancy I travelled from a puzzling A straight to a familiar Z?	
	Can I tell  him of which place I’ve lived in?  
	Why does he care of the locales I’ve occupied?	
	
	Why trouble him with my early struggles? 
	I’ll give him a quick review of my early sites
	Then I’ll ask him to my current place, the home 
	Where I can with conviction spin a congenial yarn with him.



CHEZ MOI

‘D’où viens-tu’ ? il demande. ‘D’où arrives-tu vraiment’ ?
 Veut-il savoir où je suis née ?
 Ou demande-t-il  à connaitre mes difficultés dans la vie ?

	Est-ce qu’il pense que j’ai voyagé d’un A étonnant à un Z ordinaire ?
	De quel endroit où j’ai habité vais-je lui parler ? 

	Qu’est ce qui l’intéresse sur les territoires que j’ai occupés ?
	Pourquoi l’inquiéter de mes ennuis de début ?
	Je lui ferai un résumé rapide de mes localités initiales.
	Et je l’inviterai chez moi, à la maison où je pourrai
	En toute confiance avoir un échange honnête avec lui.

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I am a French-born Australian linguist who loves writing about multicultural experiences. Taught English in Zambia and Papua New Guinea, gained a Doctorate with UPNG. In Western Australia I worked with migrants and Indigenous communities in Kalgoorlie and Roebourne. In charge of Amnesty International WA, then moved to Adelaide. Short-listed by The Human Rights Commission for the Literature NF Award for the anthology I edited with the Multicultural Writers Association of Australia, I later published my memoir. Volunteered with the Writers Centre, became active with PEN.

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