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'nguluman ... If the river ever gets going, it's only running a little, and the whole thing is never deep enough to fill the wetland and then trickle into the waterhole. They call that one Poisoned Waterholes Creek.' - Tara June Winch, The Yield.
'FourW thirty-one was made possible by a community arts grant from Riverina Water - brokered by our clever Claire Baker - so, as many of you know, the contents has a (non-exclusive) preoccupation with water in some sense - literally or metaphorically. Water can be a source, an end (life & death), a medium, indicative of intense or attenuated pain, pleasure, leakage, (ful)filment ... Geographically, cosmically, emotionally, politically, mathematically, botanically (I could go on ...) water metaphorises the depths, currents, fluidity, typhoons and tsunamis of the human condition. Certainly this has provided a stimulating prompt for writing workshops and both poetic and prosaic experimentation ... The teacher in me wants to invite readers to see how many water motifs, images, references (direct and implied) they can find in the contents. We thank Riverina Water for its commitment to and support for the creative well-being of our regional (writing) communities.' (David Gilbey, Editorial introduction)
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Contents
- Halloweeni"Loosened to the neighbourhood", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Road Trip to the Mid North, SAi"Afternoon sun interrogates us from just below the visors", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Are We There Yet?i"a beaded curtain of rain", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- Carrowmore Neolithic Cemetery, Sligoi"We stand entranced", single work poetry (p. 11-12)
- The Long Road to Asik-Asik, single work short story (p. 13-17)
- Falling from the Skyi"The heat almost knocks him over", single work poetry (p. 18)
- The Triolets of Timei"Time feels fluid as it slips away", single work poetry (p. 19)
- That Rabbit on the Mooni"gathers twigs sets the fire sweeps leaves", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Petrichori"My parents love my girlfriend", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- The Blindfold, single work short story (p. 23-28)
- Our Lost Songs, single work prose (p. 29)
- Trailing Towards the Lighti"Begin reading the guide of Capes,", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
- The Idiolect of the Riveri"I am thinking of a particular river. The Huangarua", single work poetry (p. 32)
- Dieppei"Last night I dreamed of Dieppe.", single work poetry (p. 33-34)
- How the Gods Make Rain, single work prose (p. 35)
- Secret Placei"A shattered midnight.", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- Smoko at Pikers Hole, single work short story (p. 38-41)
- Vacant Gardensi"And through leafy shadows, tickling twigs, her face-", single work poetry (p. 42)
- Buena Vista, single work short story (p. 43-49)
- Fake Billy Collins Poemi"This acoustic bus goes electric", single work poetry (p. 50-52)
