Cirrus@Austlit

'Welcome to foam:e issue 20.

'This time around we were keener than ever to be surprised, perplexed and strangely
elated by something a little out of the ordinary, something a bit bats, even choppy
and imperfect—as long as it was electrifying.

'We were met with strange childhood memories of being surrounded by screensavers
in your mum’s computer lab; pregnant partners who can only stomach ice; “molars of
storm clouds”; and a sister who acts like she’s a small nation with her own army.

'It’s good to be back and we hope you enjoy our selections this year. We thank all
contributors for sending their work for consideration.' 

Angela Gardner and Carmen Leigh Keates
Editors.

'The seventeenth issue of foam:e is finally published fourteen months late after what must have been a strange year for just about everyone. For me it was by turns both harrowing and blissful.' (Angela Gardner , Welcome to foam:e, introduction)

'Welcome to the fourteenth edition of foam:e. Another bumper issue, packed with poems, reviews, an interview and a postcard.

'There are poems, that the editors responded to very strongly, David Greenslade's poems so detailed, immediately likeable and weirdly domestic; Jill Jones’s poems with their ease and intellectual range. But a number of early career poets work really stood out and demanded inclusion so please check out Amanda Anastasi and Sumudu Samarawickrama’s poems.'  (Angela Gardner, Carmen Leigh Keates, Editorial introduction)