Kerri Shying Kerri Shying i(10285338 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Chinese ; Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Wiradjuri
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1 Thank You for the Photos i "it must be hard to laugh off constant", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Suburban Review , June no. 30 2023;
1 Roe V Wade i "I was renting a womb", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 It All Depends i "on if you're rich enough", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 In Zombieland i "6am I forgot to see", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 Original Sin i "scan me into data", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 Blastocyst i "I am waiting in three time zones", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 Bad Egg i "they blame that egg", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 CRSPR i "speaking on FaceTime to the younger", Kerri Shying , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 Disposal of Assets i "I was waiting for this", Kerri Shying , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 12 no. 1 2022; (p. 68)
1 Joy to My World i "here is the pleasure kitty-cat warm", Kerri Shying , Esther Ottaway , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 Emotional Laundress i "avid to go on", Kerri Shying , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Borderless : A Transnational Anthology of Feminist Poetry 2021; (p. 99-102)
1 Poems of Embodiment : Kerri Shying Launches ‘in the Same Breath’ by Alan Jefferies Kerri Shying , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 33 2021;
— Review of In the Same Breath Alan Jefferies , 2021 selected work poetry

'I was delighted when Alan Jefferies asked me to launch his new Flying Island Pocketbook, in the same breath, because I’ve read his last one, and heard him read in person. I like him, like his style.'  (Introduction)
1 2 y separately published work icon Know Your Country Kerri Shying , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2020 20961771 2020 selected work poetry

'Kerri Shying's compact opus Know Your Country hides a question in the title who's the you? Whose country is it anyway? Who needs to know? Who's asking? Who gets to ask what? Coming through these pages, every reader will find different answers and fresh questions needing to be asked. And what about when the questions are accusations?

'This is a book wise to little tricks for painting people into corners.' (Publication summary)  
1 The Fairy Bread of Daytime i "time drops", Kerri Shying , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , November no. 30 2020;
1 Air Freight i "someone sends me air…. it’s from America", Kerri Shying , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , November no. 30 2020;
1 1 y separately published work icon Knitting Mangrove Roots Kerri Shying , Bulahdelah : Cerberus Press Flying Island Books , 2019 19054082 2019 selected work poetry
1 1 y separately published work icon Elevensies Kerri Shying , Waratah : Puncher and Wattmann , 2018 19214678 2018 selected work poetry
1 And Bulbul Means Heart i "songbirds woke me", Kerri Shying , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2018;
1 Congolomerated Sorrow i "I found the bags left over from when you still dealt drugs hidden up the back", Kerri Shying , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2018;
1 The Come Down i "completely reveling in sloth the Sunday", Kerri Shying , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , May 2018;
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