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'Do not be afraid to think.

'Test form, renew form, or defy it.

'Know there is a new permission to speak, and for more voices.

'Not to censure, censor our inheritances—in which there is still the cherishable, the followable—but to question, yes, that. To make that effort, with caring, love, and as needed, fierceness.

'To write, read the self, which can also be multiple, as are our inheritances, and also within if wished for, community.

'When I first devised the idea of this New Series two years ago, it was intended to be celebratory, motivated by the current flourishing which is occurring in poetry and poetry publication in Australia. In it, another poet/critic or poetry community associate is ‘allied’ with a new or recent Australian poetry collection, be that an individual volume, or an anthology, or another platform. Some books go back a little (there is one from 2017), but most are of the past 12-24 months; the impetus was to make tribute to a splendid range of contemporary Australian poetry publishing.' (Jacinta Le Plastrier, Introduction)

Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:

After Ebony G Patterson’s ‘while the dew is still on the roses’ by Kei Miller

Termination Letter by Norman Erikson Pasaribu (translated by Tiffany Tsao )

* Contents derived from the 2021 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Fern Up Your Own Gully"Deep in the heart of the forest there’s a", Evelyn Araluen , single work poetry (p. 9-10)

Note: Includes commentary by Veronica Sullivan

Herons at Dusk"This is the time of day when the light runs down the sky", Judith Beveridge , single work poetry (p. 13-14)

Note: Includes commentary by Brook Emery

Jolt"Men's heads pull them", Aidan Coleman , single work poetry (p. 17-18)

Note: Includes commentary by John Kinsella

Hotel Grand Saigon, Part VIII"Still running, Daphne cried out to her father, ‘Change me!’ and we", Lucy Van , single work poetry (p. 19-20)

Note: Includes commentary by Jennifer Nguyen

The Silent Nonna"She wanders the hillsides", Josephine Clarke , single work poetry (p. 21-23)

Note: Includes commentary by Morgan Yasbincek

Factoids"My mother sits in a stone house and she burns.", Omar Sakr , single work poetry (p. 24-26)

Note: Includes commentary by Zeina Issa

Superposition"Too many blacks goin around, thinkin they own the place", Grace Lucas-Pennington , single work poetry (p. 27-29)

Note: Includes commentary by Alison Whittaker

Suns"degraded echo", Tim Wright , single work poetry (p. 30-36)

Note: Includes commentary by D Perez-McVie

Seep/Stir/Signify"everywhere blood blood on the record but always", Natalie Harkin , single work poetry (p. 37-38)

Note: Includes commentary by Ellen van Neerven

FW: FW: 'IM FALLING OUT OF THE SKY PLEASE RESPOND'"From: Carly ", Carly Stone , single work poetry (p. 39-45)

Note: Includes commentary by Lujayn Hourani

Second Coming"I am off the coast of an island eight hours from my", Eunice Andrada , single work poetry (p. 46-47)

Note: Includes commentary by Natasha Hertanto

Forecast"the weather is good", Eric Jiang , single work poetry (p. 48-49)

Note: Includes commentary by Darlene Soberano

Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium"words slip off the page", Jan Colville , single work poetry (p. 50-53)

Note: Includes commentary by Kristen Lang

Agon"New York City, 1957", Jessica Wilkinson , single work poetry (p. 54-59)

Note: Includes commentary by Jennifer Mackenzie

Inside of Paradise"We are coming and going. At last you have arrived, your suede shoes", Vicki Viidikas , single work poetry (p. 70)

Note: Includes commentary by Cassandra Atherton and Paul Hetherington

What I Wanted to Happen"Malcolm has been in love with his best friend Jess since highschool. But, after his", Leni Shilton , single work poetry (p. 77-78)

Note: Includes commentary by Fiona Dorrell

[Untitled]"Nothing started the day I was born.", Ellen van Neerven , single work poetry (p. 79-80)

Note: Includes commentary by Essa Ranapiri

Fugal State"You are always beginning again—", Melinda Smith , single work poetry (p. 81-83)

Note: Includes commentary by Jill Jones

STFU, Silence Tender Flowing Undulating"as a child i thought one day i would be able to learn everything’s name and", Panda Wong , single work poetry (p. 84-87)

Note:

Includes commentary by Romy McCoy