One that’s so good
University Professors will read it, badly,
in front of hundreds of students
twenty years
after I die
to prove to the world
what a jewel
what a gift
what a gem
I gave
what a poet I was.
Love, Ghosts & Nose Hair is a bittersweet comedy written in verse for young adults.
ISBN 978 0 7022 2878 0
First published 2000 by University of Queensland Press
PO Box 6042, St Lucia, Queensland 4067 Australia
Reprinted 2001, 2002, 2003 (twice), 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (twice), 2009, 2010, 2011 (twice), 2012
This edition published 2014
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© Steven Herrick 2000
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