Kerry Greer Kerry Greer i(20864998 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 The Red Sea Kerry Greer , 2024 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , August vol. 69 no. 1 2024; (p. 105-108)
1 y separately published work icon First Snow Kerry Greer , 2024 28494520 2024 single work short story
1 Three Days and Six Years i "You've arrived back from outer space", Kerry Greer , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 170 2024; (p. 10-11)
1 Grey i ".across the long grey-blue limpid line of", Kerry Greer , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 111 2024;
1 The Lamb i "My first boyfriend messaged me asking if I’d like to meet for coffee. We’ve been messaging for months, and", Kerry Greer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30-31 December 2023; (p. 19)
1 Fragments Kerry Greer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Crossing : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2023 2023;
1 1 y separately published work icon The Sea Chest Kerry Greer , Kambah : Recent Work Press , 2023 26411942 2023 selected work poetry

'The Sea Chest is a visceral, moving, and emotionally layered account of life in the aftermath of loss. In 2017, Kerry Greer’s husband Gabriel ended his life with horrific violence, dying on the kitchen floor of his parents’ home.

'Haunting in its honesty, and underpinned by a connection to the spirituality of the natural world, The Sea Chest traces the impact of Gabriel’s death over years and continents. The collection provides a counter-narrative to ideas of grief portrayed in sympathy cards or Hollywood movies. There is no redemptive narrative arc, no going “back to normal.” But there is the old love—the indissoluble thread that is now called grief.

'Imagistic and probing, The Sea Chest speaks directly into the void. In the stillness, in the grey: a ripple, an answer from the ether, asking the reader to listen, to not turn away. The Sea Chest becomes a holding space for grief—for the things which cannot be said out loud, but which need to be voiced. This is poetry as invocation, poetry as love enacted, poetry as gateway to the liminal and the sacred.'(Publication summary)

1 Only Parent, Only Child Kerry Greer , 2023 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 82 no. 1 2023; (p. 126)
1 The See-Through Friend i "I met a man who said,", Kerry Greer , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Suburban Review , June no. 26 2022;
1 Spring in Albuquerque Kerry Greer , 2022 prose
— Appears in: Grieve : Stories and Poems about Grief and Loss Volume 10 2022; (p. 94)
1 Espalier Kerry Greer , 2022 single work short story
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 248 2022; (p. 68-73)
1 Rain Lilies Kerry Greer , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Anabranch : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2022 2022;
1 Lake i "I don’t want to let anyone else in", Kerry Greer , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 15 September no. 106 2022;
1 Carried from Hell’s Gate, Tasmania Kerry Greer , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 34 2022;
1 A Silhouette in Grey : Life in the Aftermath of Suicide Kerry Greer , 2022 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 152-163)
1 Dating, Widowed Kerry Greer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry d'Amour 2021 2021; (p. 38)
1 At the Back Kerry Greer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry d'Amour 2021 2021; (p. 36)
1 September 8, 2017 Kerry Greer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry d'Amour 2021 2021; (p. 35)
1 Questions i "The map was a body", Kerry Greer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , October no. 103 2021;
1 Buddhism for Mothers i "Bees disturb the peace of pale sky between pegged socks.", Kerry Greer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 30 October 2021; (p. 18)
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