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Graham Akhurst Graham Akhurst i(7987426 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 Bird’s Nest i "At Nundah cemetery", Graham Akhurst , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 80 no. 2 2021;
1 Sunlight / Dear Mum i "Dr Bentley let me take you out today. If you're careful not to", Graham Akhurst , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 159 2020; (p. 82)
1 Land-scape i "The pastoralists cultivate. Strong hands weathered", Graham Akhurst , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2018; (p. 48)
1 Haunted i "I watch", Graham Akhurst , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meet Me at the Intersection 2018;
1 Desert i "I witness", Graham Akhurst , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meet Me at the Intersection 2018;
1 Dormant i "I see", Graham Akhurst , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meet Me at the Intersection 2018;
1 Dream Graham Akhurst , 2018 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Meet Me at the Intersection 2018;
1 River Home i "I built a house on a bridge over the Mitchell River. I liked the sound of rushing", Graham Akhurst , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 7 no. 1 2017; (p. 55)
1 The Kadaitcha Sung i "A black feather", Graham Akhurst , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 394 2017;

Akhurst reads a poem inspired by Sam Watson's novel The Kadaitcha Sung and explains its genesis and the importance of the book to his own writing.
1 Clutching the Void Graham Akhurst , 2016 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 61 no. 1 2016; (p. 228-234)
1 थाई = Thai i "We walk to your home = हम एक चमकती ढलती रात में तुम्हारे घर जाते हैं", Graham Akhurst , Ajay Navaria (translator), 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 55.1 2016;
1 y separately published work icon Response: Poetry by Graham Akhurst Graham Akhurst , 2016 10229417 2016 single work poetry

'Indigenous writer Graham Akhurst has created a series of poems in response to five photographs in 'Over the fence: Contemporary Indigenous photography from the Corrigan Collection'.' (SoundCloud website)
1 Fracking i "lured", Graham Akhurst , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , October 2015;
1 Master of the Ghost Dreaming i "A bloodied sunset reminds us", Graham Akhurst , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2015;
1 Unfold i "Sitting on the rocks", Graham Akhurst , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 372 2015; (p. 23)
1 Jenna i "He sat in the cabin in the woods where he had fled to, because his mind was", Graham Akhurst , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 50.0 2015;
1 Lyndhurst Graham Akhurst , 2014 single work prose
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014;
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