Tag: publications
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Poem in 2016 Short and Twisted Anthology, Celapene Press
Wilt My mother keeps flowers until they wilt. Late at night she picks out the drooping stems— she tells me her mother did the same. My father brings home a bunch for Rosh Hashanah. By the third week, only one remains. Two months pass and we check it’s not a plastic one thrown in by…
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‘Word OCD’ Poem Published in Tincture Journal
My poem ‘Word OCD’ was selected for publication in Tincture Journal, Issue 13, Autumn 2016. Word OCD She collects words in snap-lock packets so they won’t go stale. Each word in its individual packet, each word precious. She runs her fingers over the plastic and stops; one of the snap-lock seals is half-open. So she…
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‘Release’ Poem published in ‘One Page Brisbane’
My poem ‘Release’ was selected for publication in One Page Brisbane, Volume 2: Issue 1, Heat and Waves 2015. Release That afternoon in the Brisbane heat she jumped fully clothed from the timber bridge straight into water — Splashed in the current and let the cool seep into her bones drag her down…
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‘River Food’ Poem Published in Cuttlefish Journal
Anna’s poem ‘River Food’ was selected for publication in Edition 1 of Cuttlefish Journal (Sunline Press), 2015. Below is her poem. River Food sand drawings feast tiny silver fish water eats moonlight carries fish back to river carries river back to fish
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‘The Gravity of Bones’ Poem in Rabbit Journal
Anna’s poem ‘The Gravity of Bones’ was published in Rabbit Poetry Journal- a journal of non-fiction writing, Gravity Issue 10, guest edited by Felicity Plunkett, 2013 The Gravity of Bones The skin hung off her skeleton arm. Her fingers curled into one another. Slowly her arm rose as if to wave, came to rest on…
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‘Crunchy, No Bruises’ Poem in Rabbit Poetry Journal, 2013
Anna’s poem ‘Crunchy, No Bruises’ was published in Rabbit Poetry Journal- a journal of non-fiction writing, Gravity Issue 10, guest edited by Felicity Plunkett, 2013 Crunchy, No Bruises When we visited next, he didn’t recognise me. He stared right through me and out the other side. I wanted to pick out his pupils, whisper my…
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Poem in SpeedPoets Zine Vol. 13.3
Anna’s poem ‘Tonight I Cannot Sleep’ was published in SpeedPoets Zine Vol 13.3. Tonight I Cannot Sleep Darkness presses against my window. I am lit by computer glow. On my desk sits a packet of liquorice. Its aniseed flavour fills my mouth. summer night pale belly of the gecko pulses