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'Series One of the Western Australian States of Poetry anthology is edited by Lucy Dougan and features poetry by Carolyn Abbs, Kia Groom, Graham Kershaw, Charmaine Papertalk-Green, J.P. Quinton, and Barbara Temperton. '
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States of Poetry 2016 - Western Australia | State Editor's Introduction,
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'How does Western Australia look or sound to the rest of the country? In this selection, six poets are addressing you from the edge of the Indian Ocean, the edge of the Southern Ocean, one from Yamaji country, one from derelict, unlovely parts of the Swan River, one from the suburbs made strange, and two from a deep psychic trench between here and an older home.' (Introduction)
- At the House Where My Father Was Borni"I’d expected a labyrinth of small dark rooms, yet", single work poetry
- Orphan’s Booti"Distempered walls crowd in cold at the old", single work poetry
- Surely Someonei"you view the house from across the street", single work poetry
- Triple Mirrorsi"After you died Nana, I went to you room,", single work poetry
- Tulips in Black and Whitei"Sadness overwhelms me in this circle of cut", single work poetry
- Alice at Lasti"I un-wake to damage", single work poetry
- Catholic Educationi"Itch in the vein, the road hot still", single work poetry
- Inferno I : Invasion Dayi"My thighs are cold in the crevice", single work poetry
- Phantasmagoriai"Dot by dot, the backs", single work poetry
- Tulpai"In 1992, Alice made a Tulpa.", single work poetry
- IV : Thursdayi"Bottle-green air, gravel, bark and branch, filigrees of hazel,", single work poetry
- VI : Saturdayi"Our friend told me he had entered his body, and found pleasure", single work poetry
- VII : Sundayi"I had the strangest feeling, coming out of the water, as if", single work poetry
- Perenjori Morningi"Such a hollowness grows beneath us", single work poetry
- The Heywood Spirei"Below Howarth Cross, tussocky fields", single work poetry
- The Children of Aleppoi"This morning I read of the nightwell,", single work poetry
- The Vicar & the Gypsyi"Riding back from Heathrow, after Rome,", single work poetry
- Yamaji Culturei"Yamaji Culture", single work poetry
- Yurna Australiai"Can you smell it?", single work poetry
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States of Poetry 2016 - Western Australia | State Editor's Introduction
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: States of Poetry : Western Australia 2016;'How does Western Australia look or sound to the rest of the country? In this selection, six poets are addressing you from the edge of the Indian Ocean, the edge of the Southern Ocean, one from Yamaji country, one from derelict, unlovely parts of the Swan River, one from the suburbs made strange, and two from a deep psychic trench between here and an older home.' (Introduction)
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States of Poetry 2016 - Western Australia | State Editor's Introduction
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: States of Poetry : Western Australia 2016;'How does Western Australia look or sound to the rest of the country? In this selection, six poets are addressing you from the edge of the Indian Ocean, the edge of the Southern Ocean, one from Yamaji country, one from derelict, unlovely parts of the Swan River, one from the suburbs made strange, and two from a deep psychic trench between here and an older home.' (Introduction)
