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Gail Hennessy Gail Hennessy i(A30739 works by) (a.k.a. Gail Maria Hennessy)
Born: Established: 1939 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Encounters with the Law i "the day turned ugly when a group", Gail Hennessy , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Guide to Sydney Crime 2022;
1 The Days Gail Hennessy , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry for the Planet : An Anthology of Imagined Futures 2021;
1 [Untitled] Gail Hennessy , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal 2021; (p. 25)
1 [Untitled] Gail Hennessy , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 28 2020; (p. 40)
1 [Untitled] Gail Hennessy , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 28 2020; (p. 18)
1 Fluid and Shifts : Gail Hennessy Launches ‘Knitting Mangrove Roots’ by Kerri Shying Gail Hennessy , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 28 2020;

'Gail Hennessy launched Knitting Mangrove Roots by Kerri Shying at the  Markwell Poet’s Picnic on 22 December 2019.'
1 Lost and Found i "The wind lit bonfires", Gail Hennessy , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , March no. 6 2020;
1 [Untitled] Gail Hennessy , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 27 2019; (p. 5)
1 [Untitled] Gail Hennessy , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eucalypt : A Tanka Journal , no. 26 2019; (p. 43)
1 The Sea Calls My Name i "the smell of salt", Gail Hennessy , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , September no. 5 2019;
1 y separately published work icon Written on Water Gail Hennessy , Macao Bulahdelah : Flying Island Books Cerberus Press , 2017 15509514 2017 selected work poetry
1 The Ancestors i "we read the poem inspired by Huang Shen's art", Gail Hennessy , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Ear to Earth : An Anthology of Australian Poetry 2017 2017; (p. 22)

Author's note: After Reading 'Painting Red Orchids' by Eileen Chong.
1 The Dichotomy of the Paper Flower i "in the touch of reflected stillness", Gail Hennessy , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verity La , October 2016; Australian Poetry Anthology 2016; (p. 80) Award Winning Australian Writing 2017 2017; (p. 147)
1 Meeting Place i "where the wrought iron shadows", Gail Hennessy , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 2 2015; (p. 94)
1 Ghosts along the Georges River i "I was a child in the back", Gail Hennessy , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Guide to Sydney Rivers 2015; (p. 88)
1 Request to the Heart Surgeon i "You will be handling my lover's heart", Gail Hennessy , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 122)
1 The Witnessing of Birds i "their bracelet of song", Gail Hennessy , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 118-119)
1 Poppies i "He retired after thirty years underground", Gail Hennessy , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 117)
1 Pelagia Noctiluca i "beneath the wharf", Gail Hennessy , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 116)
1 Korowa – Celebration Trees at the Ocean Baths i "It is always the lacuna", Gail Hennessy , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Third Wednesday Poets : An Australian Women's Anthology 2013; A Slow Combusting Hymn : Poetry from and About Newcastle and the Hunter Region in Newcastle 2014; (p. 120-121)
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