BROWSE Columns
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Grass fig thistle duckweed bindweed plantain nutsedge chickweed sorrel oxalis dyad bindi / distichous duplet tandem diploid bipedal dyadic dualistic clown twice paired couple detail retail / festal vestal metal petal nestle appearing in black-and-white chameleon seldom pastel icon secular / faux emblazon shattered voyeur external elemental flare seethe explode detonate bespangle ignite / kindle inscribe tell him all about how hollow sough accordion gussets sneering trolls bradawls / dribble bits bots flabellum gavels narwhals twisting in and out of crooked convoluted maundering / nomadic ambiguous shadows incurring tortile sere windows windless wiping there fair where here / in a thicket of 3D wearing black-rimmed reading specs I lean back in a chair bedecked without a / care all turtle-necked.
Jennifer Harrison writes un unceded Wurundjeri land and has published nine books of poetry, most recently 'Sideshow History' (Black Pepper 2025). Two new collections "After René Char’s ‘Receiving Orion’” (Imprint Publishing) and 'Finals' (Whitmore Press) will appear in 2027 and 2028. She chairs the World Psychiatry Association’s Section for Art and Psychiatry and received the 2012 Christopher Brennan Award for sustained contribution to Australian poetry. Her most recent prize is the co-awarded 2024 Heroines International Poetry Prize. Her poetry was shortlisted for the 2024 Peter Porter Prize (Australia) and the 2025 Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize (Scotland).
