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Judy Johnson Judy Johnson i(A10878 works by)
Born: Established: 1961 ;
Gender: Female
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1 A Generosity of Vision : Judy Johnson Launches ‘The Alpaca Cantos’ by Jenny Blackford Judy Johnson , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 28 2020;
1 Miniature Boats i "Impossible to tell from your empty stare what you're thinking.", Judy Johnson , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , May vol. 10 no. 1 2020;
1 In the Midst of Bushfires i "Outside, the sun", Judy Johnson , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , May vol. 10 no. 1 2020;
1 Not Far i "After decades of stepping over", Judy Johnson , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , November 2019;
1 Brittle Midge Orchid i "Perhaps he saw in you his own redemption.", Judy Johnson , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 29 2018;
1 The Sestina Shot for Desertion i "You were so young", Judy Johnson , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , 25 October – December 2018;

Epigraph:

‘There is not a sign of life on the horizon, and a thousand signs of death. Not a blade of grass, not an insect; once or twice a day the shadow of a big hawk scenting carrion.’

Wilfred Owen in a letter to his mother 4th February 1917.

1 Little Key i "It could be almost anywhere", Judy Johnson , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , September 2018;
1 Church Tree i "Like a lightening lash", Judy Johnson , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 26 2017;
Author's note: On the first Sunday in February 1788, The Reverend Richard Johnson, Chaplain of the First Fleet, conducted his first service under a great tree at Port Jackson.  Present were convicts and sailors. This tree would remain a place of worship for several years.
1 Wild i "When they were delivered to him", Judy Johnson , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Joy : Poems from the 2017 ACU Prize for Poetry 2017; (p. 27-31)
1 y separately published work icon Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month 2017 Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month Volume 5 Judy Johnson (editor), Ross Gillett (editor), Hamilton : Hunter Writers' Centre , 2017 11980962 2017 anthology poetry short story
1 The Editors Respond: David Musgrave , Judy Johnson , Judith Beveridge , Martin Langford , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Long Paddock , vol. 77 no. 1 2017;

'Misreadingsand othering aside – did Π.Ο. actually read any of the poems, or did he just know they were wrong? – there are important issues raised by Π.Ο.’s review. It may be worth saying something about the most important – regarding the level of understanding that the reader brings to the poem. Poetry’s role has changed over the last century or two. Most of our stories are now told in other formats – novels, films, TV. Most of our declarations of desire or loss are now sung for us as pop songs (though not all: there are still great love poems). Most of our declarations of loyalty and tales of patriotism have, thankfully, receded into a past of bad newspaper verse, and earnest recitals. But poetry has continued to do some things better, perhaps, than any other art-form: to find clear ways of saying what is otherwise only partially understood, to weigh those articulations emotionally, and, sometimes, to make them sing. It works a frontier: not just of our understandings, but of our responses to them: a complex edge of meanings and the weight of meanings. We think Π.Ο. has completely missed the innovation, the distinctiveness and the radicalism of contemporary verse.' (Introduction)

1 3 y separately published work icon Dark Convicts Judy Johnson , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2017 10716488 2017 selected work poetry

'It is a little known fact that eleven African American convicts arrived in Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. Two of these ex-slaves were the author’s ancestors. In extensively researched poems, award-winning writer Judy Johnson vividly portrays scenes from her black forebears’ lives, both before transportation and afterwards, in the fledgling colony of New South Wales.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Counsel for the Defence Judy Johnson , Kambah : Recent Work Press , 2016 10757765 2016 selected work poetry

'‘A Modesty of Flowers’, a sequence in lines of nine syllables, is followed by a selection from ‘Dark Convicts’ (in thirteen-syllable lines), chronicling the fates of First Fleet African American ex-slaves.' (Publication summary)

1 11 y separately published work icon Contemporary Australian Poetry Martin Langford (editor), Judith Beveridge (editor), Judy Johnson (editor), David Musgrave (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2016 10524271 2016 anthology poetry

'The quality of Australian poetry has never been higher, nor the number of distinctive voices greater. A landmark publication, this collection presents the astonishing achievements of Australian poetry during the last quarter of a century. Over ten years in preparation, gathering over 200 poets and 500 poems, it makes the case for this country's poetry as a broadening of the universal set for all English-speakers. 'Somewhat astonishingly,' the introduction notes, 'and while no-one was looking, Australian poetry has developed a momentum and a critical mass such that it has become one more luminous field in the English-speaking imagination. Increasingly, anyone who seeks to explore the perspectives or music available in English will also have to consider the perspectives and music which have originated here - Australia having turned itself, too, into a place in the mind.' Both survey and critical review, this anthology offers a rare opportunity to explore the major national achievement of contemporary Australian poetry. (Publication summary)'

1 Baby's Breath i "They had known each other since high school.", Judy Johnson , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , September no. C1 2016;
1 Caught black handed i "The Old Bailey, 1782", Judy Johnson , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2015 2015;
1 y separately published work icon The Trap Episode 3 : The Trap Judy Johnson , Sydney : Xoum , 2015 13626275 2015 single work novella historical fiction crime
1 Fifty Acres i "This is the measure of what an emancipated", Judy Johnson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 2 2014;
1 The Night Watch i "I John Martin", Judy Johnson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 2 2014;
1 John Martin in Newgate Prison i "If you are flush", Judy Johnson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 2 2014;
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