Libby Sommer Libby Sommer i(A28432 works by) (a.k.a. Lisbeth Sommer)
Gender: Female
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1 Tactics i "A woman is hitting back & forth", Libby Sommer , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 68 no. 7/8 2024; (p. 129)
1 Weavers i "A well-hidden spider", Libby Sommer , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July vol. 68 no. 7/8 2024; (p. 128)
1 Bewildered i "When I was four", Libby Sommer , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 68 no. 3 2024; (p. 75)
1 What Could We Say? i "Before dawn’s soft lightening,", Libby Sommer , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 68 no. 3 2024; (p. 75)
1 Crows Never Forget i "can we remember like they do", Libby Sommer , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 68 no. 3 2024; (p. 31)
1 y separately published work icon Flat White, One Sugar Libby Sommer , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2024 27458549 2024 selected work poetry

'‘Libby Sommer has a keen eye for extraordinary insights in the midst of the details of ordinary life, and for the striking verbal expression that captures the moral implications of what she has carefully observed. Hers is poetry that always rewards us with stimulated thought.’ – Barry Spurr, Literary Editor, Quadrant' (Publication summary)
1 Flat White, One Sugar i "Up above is special to the birds.", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 67 no. 10 2023; (p. 46)
1 On the Path i "It’s green out here.", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , October vol. 67 no. 10 2023; (p. 46)
1 A Refuge i "Do you know, St Honoré Bakery,", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 67 no. 9 2023; (p. 27)
1 Electioneering on the Mall i "Actually, I know which party", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 67 no. 9 2023; (p. 27)
1 Transience i "A luminous, tangerine, and blazing expanse", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 67 no. 5 2023; (p. 102)
1 When Will It End? i "The woman is weeping for her husband,", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , May vol. 67 no. 5 2023; (p. 102)
1 What Happened to the Sun i "We took that hot ball of glowing gases", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January/February vol. 67 no. 1/2 2023; (p. 55)
1 Words i "Belly expansions and contractions,", Libby Sommer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , January/February vol. 67 no. 1/2 2023; (p. 54)
1 Twisted Tea i "I splattered the last of my favourite", Libby Sommer , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: For Ukraine : By Women of the World 2022; (p. 109-110)
1 My Friend Is Swiping & Scrolling i "My friend in the dark hour before dawn. My friend with the ragged", Libby Sommer , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , July/August vol. 66 no. 7/8 2022; (p. 41)
1 y separately published work icon The Cellist, a Bellydancer and Other Distractions Libby Sommer , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2022 24655072 2022 selected work poetry

''Libby Sommer has the true poet's eye for the deeper meaning that can abide beneath the ordinariness and small details of our daily lives and experiences. And she expresses her insights with the genuine poet's careful and precise attention to placing the right word in the right place.' - Barry Spurr, Literary Editor, Quadrant' 
1 Hostilities i "I worry about the ones", Libby Sommer , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , June vol. 66 no. 6 2022; (p. 95)
1 When the New Boyfriend Nearly Died i "In the hospital's public toilet, your face pleads", Libby Sommer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 65 no. 12 2021; (p. 69)
1 White Ibis i "We wish that nature could stay put", Libby Sommer , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 65 no. 12 2021; (p. 69)
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