Jennifer Allen Jennifer Allen i(A71102 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 The Landlord Has Cut i "The landlord has cut down", Jennifer Allen , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , no. 40 2024;
1 y separately published work icon Everything Feeds It Jennifer Allen , Kambah : Recent Work Press , 2024 27278440 2024 selected work poetry

'I missed it, the entire history of our blue world.

How many heads rolled? Did they go defiantly?

I will sacrifice myself by becoming an automaton.

'It is all too much! The past and future have coalesced into a spherical twister of succulents, stardust, money boxes and chatbots. You keep it together with outstretched arms, a child of this earth wielding a hurricane. All that is you whirling about in the mix: erotic books and bull ants, blackbirds and stoic philosophers. The whole world caught in a balancing act of blue whales and human brains, super computers and microplastics. As a matter of survival, you start bringing it together, moulding it firmly into the density of a dark star. A volatile idea pushed heavily inward, until it takes shape in your clamped hands. When you take a look, there is an ancient fruit – an apricot, with a modest blush. It is exquisite! But if you plant it, what will grow? If you eat it, what will you become?'  (Publication summary)

1 Some People's Ghosts i "Last night it happened again. I was uneasy,", Jennifer Allen , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 68 no. 1 2023; (p. 79)
1 The Beginning i "I'm going to find mum at Finley.", Jennifer Allen , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 2 2022; (p. 22-23)
1 An Immortal Contemplates Her Plastic Heart Jennifer Allen , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry for the Planet : An Anthology of Imagined Futures 2021;
1 Purgatory i "At the Victoria Market", Jennifer Allen , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Divan , no. 5 2004;
1 The Sphinx i "From down the valley of the Aisles", Jennifer Allen , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Divan , December no. 4 2001;
1 Jaws i "Afrikaner boss says sharks eat Zulus:", Jennifer Allen , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Divan , December no. 4 2001;
1 The Arrival of the Post Pak i "I ordered a spider with wings", Jennifer Allen , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Divan , December no. 3 2000;
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