Carolyn Gerrish Carolyn Gerrish i(A3392 works by) (a.k.a. C. Gerrish)
Born: Established: 1946 Cessnock, Cessnock area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Inclement i "a row of naked trees", Carolyn Gerrish , single work poetry
1 Suburban Sculpture i "just a tree on the street", Carolyn Gerrish , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Guide to Sydney Crime 2022;
1 y separately published work icon Collision with the Shadow Carolyn Gerrish , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2022 23741673 2022 selected work poetry

''When I see a review that starts, "X is a fine observer...", my mind numbs over. I see X at a desk, staring out a window wrestling the chaos into order. Reality isn't like that, more like lurching through corridors with a hand-held camera. An open mind, in the grand sense, is open to everything, even its own uncertainties and wild imaginings, with an ever-shifting focus and perspective, crowds of thoughts jostling for space on the page to make their voices heard. This is more like Carolyn's world, vigorous, engaged, life on the wing or on the run, the life we lead, follow negotiate or are just intrinsically...in. Raw chaos is unreadable, so of course there is craft at work. This book is eminently readable, busy, intelligent and full of life. From haunted interiors, doctor's surgeries and exercise classes, the world of books, music, galleries, film and theatres, parks, uncosy domestic scenes and distant past ever slipping out of reach...the familiar morphs into strangeness, the bland into menace, then back again the other way. Enjoy the ride.' - John Carey' (Publication summary)

1 Aperture i "harmony is such a rarity and racing towards it", Carolyn Gerrish , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 24 no. 2 2020;
1 MEMOIR i "i’m writing in the dark", Carolyn Gerrish , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , September no. 7 2020;
1 Disconnect i "at my new apartment block (circa 1935)", Carolyn Gerrish , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 24 2019;
1 Prosthetic i "no matter what you think or say", Carolyn Gerrish , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; (p. 76)
1 In Transit i "travelling towards the night where", Carolyn Gerrish , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Shot Glass Journal , September no. 20 2016;
1 Chasm i "just for a moment something could happen", Carolyn Gerrish , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Shot Glass Journal , September no. 20 2016;
1 Familiarity i "make the music stop the tune is unfamiliar", Carolyn Gerrish , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 1 2015; (p. 85)
1 Bill Henson Narrative i "she's incognito lying in a cave hair", Carolyn Gerrish , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 April 2015; (p. 22)
1 From the Park Bench i "baby placed neatly on grass –", Carolyn Gerrish , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 12 2015;
1 Collections i "a vigilance of watches. a fraternity", Carolyn Gerrish , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 12 2015;
1 Chamber of Horrors Carolyn Gerrish , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Stars Like Sand : Australian Speculative Poetry 2014; (p. 46)
1 Ground Zero i "the omniscient narrator peers down the air", Carolyn Gerrish , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 14 2013;
1 War of Nerves i "sometimes the feeling nothing can harm you", Carolyn Gerrish , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , December no. 14 2013;
1 Dark Matter i "staring into the void", Carolyn Gerrish , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 44 2012; (p. 92)
1 Surreal i "Can you open the door step out take a holiday", Carolyn Gerrish , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Notes for the Translators : From 142 New Zealand and Australian Poets 2012; (p. 142-144)
1 Domestic i "Home as a haven. bolt-hole. leave the world behind.", Carolyn Gerrish , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2012 2012; (p. 124-125)
1 Absurdity Rules i "sometimes being cheerful isn't easy", Carolyn Gerrish , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2011 2011; (p. 55)
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