The Burroughs from Snowy River Burroughs of the Overflow Burrough’s Five Heys *Cut-ups sourced from The Man from Snowy River and Clancy of the Overflow by A.B Paterson, Five Bells by Kenneth …
Professional Conduct
(Phillip Hall)
Professional Conduct After Jan Senbergs, ‘Otway Night’ With all the swagger of Buckley’s and none I bark my soprano cacophony, like a howling jackass, anchoring a calling to be needed, …
Comet Child (Judyth Emanuel)
Child I was under the weight of dark dark universes. Heavy weighed a lot of scary roars chucked at me but in my mind. Grew short too small for age …
The Inexplicable Hardness of Things (Ian Gibbins)
Our location indeterminate: disused Mechanics’ Institute, unlocked shipping container, crushed metal path beside the bus lane or upgraded City Bypass. “It doesn’t matter […static…] you decide.” Fairy floss hair in …
Hello Dolly (Rebecca Jessen)
It is at once an ordinary and extraordinary Sunday. I am at home in Toowoomba with my girlfriend, and most of the daylight hours are spent assembling an IKEA flat …
Reading in an Undiscovered Library: Pulse – Prose Poems as Collaboration
Review by Lucy Alexander Edited by Robyn Cadwallader The woman has borrowed arms and legs. She walks on a tightrope in front of the watching crowd. They stand back as …
TRUTH IN THE CAGE
(Mohammad Ali Maleki)
You can find my whole life in my poems like a letter to God — Mohammad Ali Maleki Translated by Manus Island detainee Mansour Shoushtari Edited by Michele Seminara and Marilyn …
family portrait (Dave Drayton)
at first we were individual laugh at a cherub flashing gang signals so young that an assistant had to fold & knot those chubby thighs cross-legged but once the count …
The Chrome Pony (Scout Fisher)
It’s easy to question your sexuality when you wake up for your morning piss and have to clean the glitter out of your foreskin. Or when sequined dresses give you …
Sanctuary (Linda Godfrey)
Sticking out of the grey and white choppy water are four grey and white shapes. Not waves; they don’t break and roll to the shore. It has to be more …