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'‘Australian Poetry Anthology’, Volume 7 2019 – features works by more than 70 Australian poets, with poetry guest-edited by Yvette Holt and Magan Magan. These poets are also Australian Poetry subscribers and though it is a national anthology, there is a focus on poetic voices from the Northern Territory, whether known or emerging. Vol 7 also includes a range of First Nations voices, including some from the NT, and poems by four women prisoners from the Darwin Correctional Centre. The volume was launched at the NT Writers’ Festival – Alice Springs, featuring 10+ NT poets reading, hosted by Yvette Holt.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Australian Poetry
, 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Promethiumi"you are gone radioactive none of you stable you remain all riddle to me", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Cleaning the Country - April in Kakadui"The crackling is the first warning", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Alice Springs Hospitali"I met a mother, leaning", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Poem for Kevin Gilberti"Black soot is smeared as he sits beside the fire", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Milk and Bloodi"Our bikini tops,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Dandenongsi"I'm always looking out for deer,", single work poetry (p. 14-16)
- Deadly Choicesi"There are armies in my belly", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Vertigo Emiliei"I was on a panel", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Our Beating Heartsi"In the shadows of 3 colossal meltdowns my prince, the apple of my eye, he rests his weary eyes and sleeps", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Notes from a Heatwavei"Above forty degrees", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Forgotten Sparksi"On the six-thirty news, a flaming crown rekindled forgotten", single work poetry (p. 23)
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In Heaven I'll Be Quite Normal (, or Pentina to Doone Kennedy, After The Smiths)i"but in Tasmania I'm",
single work
poetry
Epigraph:
Interviewer: Do you find the idea of men having sex with men or women having sex with women quite offensive?'
Doon Kennedy; 67th Lord Mayor of Hobart: 'I do. I'm quite normal, thank goodness.' - Hinch at Seven, December 5, 1988
- What's Been Takeni"You were always there", single work poetry (p. 25)
- It's Saturday Night in Almost Any City around the World andi"mostly I find myself", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Treei"it is that hour of night", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Primordiali"It's out there beyond our vision", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Reading the Latest NSRV, single work poetry (p. 29)
- Reverse Haibuni"measuring the step", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Fatal Attractioni"The dating scene", single work poetry (p. 31)
- We Sing Amazing Gracei"as people place", single work poetry (p. 32)
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