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'Tell Me Like You Mean It is a free e-chapbook guest-edited by Melody Paloma, and published as a partnership between Australian Poetry and Cordite Poetry Review. The national publication features new work from 20 young and emerging poets, and is yours for free.
'The future of poetry in Australia is bright and full of promise – the voices here offer just a taste of what’s to come. Enjoy them at your leisure and share freely.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Australian Poetry
,Cordite Press
, 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Route de Paini"It feels complicated;", single work poetry (p. 1-2)
- Going to Tallahasseei"how can he look so bacchanal, so wordsworth in his collard green", single work poetry (p. 3)
- Butch Handsi"Butch hands gives a good buzz in the shoulder blades. Puts cream on the apple crumble. Do th", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Ariana Grande Dreamsi"right now I’m in a state of mind the sun has just eclipsed the moon. the only way to describe", single work poetry (p. 5)
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I Thank the Doors for Closing, My Physical and Small Notion of Time.i"1 I fear an absence so I dream it—told you in detail—hold, a round, glass vase. Desire for me",
single work
poetry
(p. 6-10)This poem is in 21 numbered parts.
- Loose Changei"dropped faces drown in imitation jeans", single work poetry (p. 11)
- State of the Gamei"wayne carey stands resolutely on", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Antarctic Surfingi"you make me read", single work poetry (p. 14-16)
- Work Poem (3)i"wavering through the creek of your own reflection", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- Secret Handshakei"our parents let us sit together", single work poetry (p. 19-20)
- ABRIL MIÉRCOLES 13th 2011 (Maconudo)i"Duende was at the house and I was embarrassed because I couldn’t see his", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
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To Be Forgiven Herei"i am waiting",
single work
poetry
(p. 23)This poem is in two numbered parts.
- Photograph of the Parts of Your Chest That They Removed in the Surgeryi"In the picture there was some sort of blue medical cloth and on it two round pink handfuls of", single work poetry (p. 24)
- For B, at Plaza Blanca, New Mexico, Having Known Each Other Three Daysi"Here, you said, this is a piece of quartz.", single work poetry (p. 25)
- On Learning a Form of Devotioni"There is a desire to know your own history, to make mass flatter and less obstructive. I push myself to", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Left of Desirei"A bridge and a river running under it,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Digging the Dancing Queeni"Last year Jack took a hammer to my house and with it I", single work poetry (p. 28-29)
- Crisis, Springi"expanding trampoline the show", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- What: After John Clarei"i am yet what", single work poetry (p. 32)
- No Nations of the Deadi"There are no nations of the dead", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
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