Alternative title: Interliminal Encounters : Indian and Australian Writers in Po(i)etic Dialogue
Issue Details: First known date: 2022... vol. 5 no. 2 November 2022 of Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry est. 2018 Teesta Review : A Journal of Poetry
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 2022 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Australia-India : Treasures from the Album of Human Memories, Sanjukta Dasgupta , single work essay
‘The Source of His Infection’i"Mr Jones of the Manor Farm", Adelle Sefton-Rowston , single work poetry
“We Are Attempting to Aggregate Information So It Is Easy to Find”.i"Napoleon approved of this poem", Adelle Sefton-Rowston , single work poetry
‘Scorching Bonfire’i"This summer is unlike any other. It burns holes in the", Sunil Sharma , single work poetry
Infernos Burn Slow and Long Here’i"Once sylvan, the city’s innards remain wounded and critical; bleed profusely.", Sunil Sharma , single work poetry
Tracing Covid-19 Via Darwin to Mumbai-Delhi Routes : A Collaboration between Adelle Sefton-Rowston and Sunil Sharma, Adelle Sefton-Rowston , Sunil Sharma , single work essay
Rite of Passagei"this stony mythological passage", Bishnupada Ray , single work poetry
Pret Shila (The Stone for the Spirits yet to Attain Liberation), Gaya, Bihar, Dusshera 2012i"the steep flight of steps on this ancient hill", Bishnupada Ray , single work poetry
Festival of Lighti"when the town wore light", Bishnupada Ray , single work poetry
Arriving in Gaetai"shifting landscape blurs days", Dominic Symes , single work poetry
Hymn to Possibility (Shelley)i"on the balcony", Dominic Symes , single work poetry
Hymn to Possibility (Twombly)i"on the balcony", Dominic Symes , single work poetry
Pricki"in that enchanted grotto temple", Bishnupada Ray , single work poetry
Purposei"the offseason swarms of bees", Bishnupada Ray , single work poetry
Mystic Riveri"that melody of the flute", Bishnupada Ray , single work poetry
Black Mirror (Invasion)i"When I put it all together", Dominic Symes , single work poetry
Black Mirror (Aversion)i"black mirror", Dominic Symes , single work poetry
Love in a Warm Climatei"I’ve exhausted every natural resource", Dominic Symes , single work poetry
The Pilgrimage : A Cross Cultural Discourse between Bishnupada Ray and Dominic Symes, Dominic Symes , Bishnupada Ray , single work essay
Editor's note:

 For this collaboration, each poet initially sent three poems to the other, after which they wrote new poems responding to those received. This article presents the initial poems, followed by the responses, followed by reflective commentaries in which each poet discusses their experiences of and learning through this creative and dialogic process.


The work presented here redevelops materials previously published in TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses special issue number 60 (https://textjournal.scholasticahq.com/article/23520-sites-and-citations). The previously-published work has been reconsidered and reframed in the light of more recent social, political, and historical developments, particularly those related to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and the global climate crisis.


 
The Quiet of the Sky : A Conversation about Poetry across and within Time and Place, Cameron Hindrum , D, C. Chambial , single work essay
'This article explores the dialogue between two poets: DC Chambial, who lives in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh and myself — Cameron Hindrum — living on the island state of Australia, Tasmania. This dialogue has been occurring broadly over the last couple of years, across which we have been swapping poems, responses to each other’s poems, and snippets of our lives and histories. For the specific purposes of this chapter, I have focused on the emergence of the poetic muse in each of us, and how — in different cultures, at different times, on different continents — the impulse of poetry has driven us both to explore our environments, our histories and the parameters of our knowledge of the world — or at least, our respective local areas within it. When asked about the constant of his island home (St Lucia) in his work, Derek Walcott replied that “What we can do as poets in terms of our honesty is simply to write within the immediate perimeter of not more than twenty miles really.” (Holland-Batt, 2021, 196) Consequently, in what follows I will be navigating the intersection of history, inspiration, context and creativity in providing a concise illustration of two poets in their place and time, as contrasting as they are, utilising poetic craft to examine respective environs that could not be more distinct from one another. To focalise this navigation further, I draw on two specific individual influences that have emerged: the work of William Wordsworth, and that of Philip Larkin. The contrasting poetics of these two giants of the canon provide illuminating and provocative punctuation for the aesthetic conversation between two poets on different sides of the planet, and their reflections on the craft of poetry.' 

(Introduction)

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