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Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Australian Poetry Anthology
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Australian Poetry , 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Promethiumi"you are gone radioactive none of you stable you remain all riddle to me", Jordie Albiston , single work poetry (p. 9)
Cleaning the Country - April in Kakadui"The crackling is the first warning", Kaye Aldenhoven , single work poetry (p. 10)
Alice Springs Hospitali"I met a mother, leaning", Sue Fielding , single work poetry (p. 11)
Poem for Kevin Gilberti"Black soot is smeared as he sits beside the fire", Kerry Reed-Gilbert , single work poetry (p. 12)
Milk and Bloodi"Our bikini tops,", Eleanor Smagarinsky , single work poetry (p. 13)
Dandenongsi"I'm always looking out for deer,", Emilie Zoey Baker , single work poetry (p. 14-16)
Deadly Choicesi"There are armies in my belly", Tyson Yunkaporta , single work poetry (p. 17)
Vertigo Emiliei"I was on a panel", Emilie Collyer , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Our Beating Heartsi"In the shadows of 3 colossal meltdowns my prince, the apple of my eye, he rests his weary eyes and sleeps", Melanie Mununggurr-Williams , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Notes from a Heatwavei"Above forty degrees", Kelly Lee Hickey , single work poetry (p. 22)
Forgotten Sparksi"On the six-thirty news, a flaming crown rekindled forgotten", Peter Mitchell , single work poetry (p. 23)
In Heaven I'll Be Quite Normal (, or Pentina to Doone Kennedy, After The Smiths)i"but in Tasmania I'm", Stuart Barnes , single work poetry

Epigraph:

Interviewer: Do you find the idea of men having sex with men or women having sex with women quite offensive?'

Doon Kennedy; 67th Lord Mayor of Hobart: 'I do. I'm quite normal, thank goodness.' - Hinch at Seven, December 5, 1988

 (p. 24)
What's Been Takeni"You were always there", Sylvia E. Neale , single work poetry (p. 25)
It's Saturday Night in Almost Any City around the World andi"mostly I find myself", Richard James Allen , single work poetry (p. 26)
Treei"it is that hour of night", Cathy Altmann , single work poetry (p. 27)
Primordiali"It's out there beyond our vision", J V Birch , single work poetry (p. 28)
Reading the Latest NSRV, Rosemary Blake , single work poetry (p. 29)
Reverse Haibuni"measuring the step", Andrew Burke , single work poetry (p. 30)
Fatal Attractioni"The dating scene", Colleen Burke , single work poetry (p. 31)
We Sing Amazing Gracei"as people place", Leni Shilton , single work poetry (p. 32)
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