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'What is a poet without an audience? What is a new book without hands to hold it up to the light? The outbreak of COVID-19 has meant the cancellation of live poetry events and writing festivals Australia wide, resulting in many poets and their publishers losing income and key opportunities to showcase new work, not to mention build readerships and celebrate the words beyond print.
'To offer a little relief in response to this, Red Room Poetry and Oranges & Sardines Foundation have collaborated to create In Your Hands – a free digital collection featuring 80 poems by poets whose recent, current or forthcoming release has been directly affected by the closure of live events. All poets are paid for their contribution to In Your Hands and the collection encourages audiences to buy copies of the books.' (Publication summary)
'To offer a little relief in response to this, Red Room Poetry and Oranges & Sardines Foundation have collaborated to create In Your Hands – a free digital collection featuring 80 poems by poets whose recent, current or forthcoming release has been directly affected by the closure of live events. All poets are paid for their contribution to In Your Hands and the collection encourages audiences to buy copies of the books.' (Publication summary)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:The Red Room Company
, 2020 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Into Any Body of Wateri"Rain loosens oil stains on a footpath slick with slime,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Strokes of Lighti"Here the brushstrokes are all downwards, like rain that comes in as thick", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Geraniumsi"I want to tell you a story.", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- First Hollowi"stand here", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- Harbouri"Later, the doctor says to Ma", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Legacyi"Dear B, [undated, probably 1916]", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Of Memory and Furniturei"The certainty of objects:", single work poetry (p. 16)
- What Have I Learnt from My Husbandi"I swallowed the dream of his eyebrow", single work poetry (p. 17)
- Winteri"Someone has swept the last leaf from the riverbank.", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Counter Their Sneak Playsi"We swing so close to cliché when we invoke the characters of", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Of the 2,700 : One Voicei"We are crammed onto trains", single work poetry (p. 20)
- All Soulsi"A citrus swirl of myrtle crosses my path", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Farm Studyi"Nothing much ever happens.", single work poetry (p. 22)
- The Belly of the Gnomei"Round not because of ale,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Brunswick Bathsi"Everyone's name is written on soup hot water", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Leadi"Inorganic chemistry lab. A rack of test tubes", single work poetry (p. 25)
- This Woman’s Worki"In exchange", single work poetry (p. 26)
- A Pattern Languagei"A friend who is married to another friend sends me a link", single work poetry (p. 27)
- If I Sayi"If I say there is no god", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Venus Without Fursi"I want to fall into the pit of his bed", single work poetry (p. 29-30)
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