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'Greetings, poets and pool, lovers. Welcome to the Australian Poetry Anthology Vol. 8 (2020), a national anthology with a special focus on the ACI. Each year, while the spread is national. the voices of a different state or territory are showcased. Of the just over 120 poets in this volume, 23 poets are from the ACT. ' (Foreword introduction)
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Includes Pages of the Calendar by Tasos Leivaditis (trans. N N Trakakis)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Australian Poetry
, 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Wiradjuri Countryi"1,000ks Wiradjuri country", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Relevant to the Dayi"For those who require a pledge", single work poetry (p. 12-14)
- Ganngalehla (Listening, Knowing, Feeling)i"Burning camphors line the creek", single work poetry (p. 15)
- A Woman's Worki"A woman strips grass splits cane dreams the", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Animali"Why throw a pot", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Nature Mortei"Last year I acted art for you, being now nude duck descending a staircase, then", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Three by Three Times through the Bluesi"Just last Friday night I heard them,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Pearls, single work poetry (p. 20)
- Hard New Peachesi"In summer there is the cool mouth", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Tilti"A cake fork fallen from the plate,", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Potted Colouri"I look out the back window", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Petticoati"Always the sound of rain.", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Legsi"She spent too much time that morning, inside the roar of the cicadas, cutting the legs off", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Fajr Inertiai"I lie in the knowledge of my failure", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Waitingi"watch me repeat all requisite mistakes in the correct order turning out a scone onto a plate", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Specksi"they throw their money onto his blood", single work poetry (p. 28)
- The Heart Is a Musclei"He has lain toe toy on his heart", single work poetry (p. 29)
- The Lifeguardi"I'm scanning the pool thinking about Jesse James", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- Marker 108i"What I remember now might be", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- Buonanottei"a man at a further table, talking,", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
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