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Portrait of Ana Dali - by Eddie Gibbons

{ Poem }

Ana Dali, Salvador’s sister,
/ shown here in an ominous frock,
/ eloped with an amorous easel
/ to the melting apartment block.
/ She waves through a…

Parting - by Diana Hendry

{ Poem }

i.m. Julie Betty Rowan
/
/
/ Early autumn the school trunk would re-appear
/ as if to say summer was over, time for my sister…

The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman - by Judith Taylor

{ Poem }

They’re peripheral to the story
/ grotesque beside the beautiful Prince and Princess
/ or the Snow Queen in her white sleigh
/
/ and even the…

The Witches - by Vicki Feaver

{ Poem }

The witches knew the truth – / smelling my wickedness / with huge hooked noses.

Cocktail hour - by Richard Price

{ Poem }

Measure out, administer.
/
/ Katie’s half dribbling, half tiny-bubbling.
/ She’s laughing (gentle). She’s not swallowing this, tells it
/ in a viscous mumble, bright red…

The Blue Jacket - by Marion Angus

{ Poem }

When there comes a flower to the stingless nettle,
/ To the hazel bushes, bees,
/ I think…

Doves, fig tree and walls - by Anna Crowe

{ Poem }

High walls, mute, shuttered windows:
/ La Cour Bastide
/ In the shady yard at break
/ in the hubbub of strange language
/ others chalked the grid…

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