Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Irises : The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize 2017
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,:International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI) , 2017 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Having Intended to Visit an Orange Grove, the Poem Finds Itself in a Supermarketi"The smell of orange blossom in California", Debi Hamilton , single work poetry (p. 6)
Five Creatures Under Every Mother's Skini"Age thirteen, the skin splits down her back.", Audrey Molloy , single work poetry (p. 13)
The Rehearsali"Deep in the pelting rain, trampling rain-flattened grass (her pelted", John Scott , single work poetry

Author's note: Virginia Woolf, late at Rodmell

(p. 14)
Some Days Seem More Ephemeral than Othersi"Some days seem more ephemeral than others, translucent,", David Adès , single work poetry (p. 19)
Native Orchidsi"We’d come as far as the wooden bridge, not too far", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Comfort Stop, John Carey , single work poetry (p. 31-32)
Dream Homesi"In my dreams I have often tapped into", John Carey , single work poetry (p. 33)
Roll-Your-Own-Pagei"Bereft of kindling newsprint,", Joe Dolce , single work poetry (p. 35)
Rooms by the Seai"That further room, a tenth of the whole,", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 39-40)
Hephaestusi"My first memory is falling,", Andy Jackson , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
The Greek in the Caféi"Life’s a gift the dying appreciate,", Robert Lumsden , single work poetry (p. 56)
Native Orchidi"They say it comes upon you in old age.", Glenn Mcpherson , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Adoption Day 1978i"I remember my cream polo-neck was itchy as hell", Rachael Mead , single work poetry (p. 59)
Poem, Singulari"Prevailing poems contain all thought entities.", Anne-Marie Newton , single work poetry (p. 62)
Xeno's Paradoxi"Almost supernatural bluster.", Damen O'Brien , single work poetry (p. 65)
Funny Hati"I met a man the other day", Mark O'Flynn , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
Off the Gridi"We were fearless on our bikes and wild", Olga Pavlinova Olenich , single work poetry (p. 68-69)
A Volcanoi"A volcano is a place where birds do not appear.", Gemma Parker , single work poetry (p. 70)
The Silence of the Mountainsi"You held out your hand but refused to look up, instead", Dawn Seabrook , single work poetry (p. 75)
~Pinki"Pink. My childhood. 1950s demarcations. Twenty-first century perpetuation.", Donna Sharp , single work poetry (p. 76)
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