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Stars Like Sand : Australian Speculative Poetry.
Title:
Stars Like Sand : Australian Speculative Poetry.
Author:
Jones, Tim.
ISBN:
9781922120793
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (190 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Prelims -- Editor Bios -- Editor Photos -- Imprint -- Contents -- Introduction -- 'We don't know where he are' -- John Jenkins, Tea and Stars -- Melinda Smith, The command module of the first manned mission to Mars explodes 2 weeks and 3 days after leaving Earth's orbit -- Joe Dolce Job for a Hyperdrive Mechanic -- David Adès, The Three Moons of Tenoa -- S. K. Kelen,Outer Moons -- Alan Gould, Tightrope Walker -- John Jenkins, Spaceclown Reading -- John Tranter, The Germ -- Marilyn Humbert, Repercussions -- S. K. Kelen, Flying Toasters -- Caroline Caddy, Starwoman -- Melinda Smith, Probing Europa -- David Reiter, Last Planet Out -- Caroline Caddy Cosmos -- S. K. Kelen, Colonies -- Jan Owen, Amethyst Crystals -- Mike Crowl, And they all think they're standing still… -- Rod Usher, Btween the Lines -- Sara Bruxner, Night Speak -- Jan Owen, Intercept -- SB Wright, Dead Messengers -- Howsoe'er anomalous -- Diane Fahey, Silverfish -- Benjamin Dodds, Others -- Sean Williams, Haikaiju -- Carolyn Gerrish, Chamber of Horrors -- Emilie Zoey Baker, The Vegetarian Zombie -- Lizz Murphy, I did what the poet said -- John Grey, To Artificial Living -- P. S. Cottier, Fingernails -- Jude Aquilina, Cthulhu Calls -- Dimitra Harvey -- Alan Stewart, Metaphoricity -- Jan Napier, Poets in Pockets -- Simon Petrie, At the Dark Matter Zoo -- Janeen Samuel, My Neighbour -- Samuel Wagan Watson, revolver -- Philip Salom, Cattle Sale -- Judith Beveridge, The Clerical Angel -- Luke Davies, Ezekiel -- Lisa Jacobson, Several Ways to Fall Out of the Sky -- Peter Minter, I just do eyes, j-j-just eyes -- Dorothy Porter, The Radium Chocolates -- Kevin Gillam, me? -- Lisa Jacobson, Wheelbarrow -- Michael Dransfield, Chaconne for a Solipsist -- On the wallaby (temporal) -- Les Murray, The Future -- John Upton, Space-Time Samurai -- Peter Minter, Voyager.

Michael Byrne, In the Near Future -- J. Brunton Stephens, The Courtship of the Future -- Mary Hannay Foott, Ave Caesar! Moritori te salutant -- Victoria McGrath, The Balcony (after Manet) -- Paul Hetherington, A Museum of the Future -- Peter Boyle, The Museum of Space -- John Grey, In the Clone Zoo -- Peter Boyle, Philosophers and Other World Leaders -- Rob Walker, An Accident Waiting to Happen -- Ron Heard, Unhooking -- Miro Sandev, Communicasia -- Tim Sinclair, Silent City -- Susan Waddell, Silent City -- John Jenkins, A Star Appears -- Emily Manger, A whimper after the bang -- Earl Livings, Further Propositions on the End of the Universe -- Victor J. Daley, The End of the World -- This fifth part of the earth -- joanne burns, cupid(c)ity -- Philip Salom, City at Dusk -- Matt Hetherington, Now Comes the Man -- A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Waltzing Matilda -- Dorothy Hewett, Bagman's Ballad -- Jake Dennis, Canning River Sunset -- Les Wicks, Girilan -- Jo Mills, Folds -- Jan Owen, Tektites -- S. K. Kelen, Jungle -- Mercedes Webb-Pullman, Graffiti Trees -- Philip Salom, Detached And In the Manner Of The Veterinarian -- His voice may be heard -- Diane Fahey, Rumpelstiltskin -- Catherine Bateson, Mother Gothel -- Catherine Martin, "The Mouse Tower" (from "The Explorers") -- Zoë Anderson, Snailshells and Freezerfrost -- Eliza-Jane Henry-Jones, Mermaid -- Jenny Blackford, Their Cold Eyes Pierced My Skin -- Raphael Kabo, Changeling -- Diane Fahey, Weaver -- M. F. McAuliffe, Fourth Woman Speaks -- John Le Gay Brereton, Merlin -- Lesbia Harford, [He has a fairy wife] -- Melinda Kallasmae, Trick or Treat -- Alex Skovron, On the Road to Hell -- Chris Lynch, Natural Succession -- Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Under the Roof of the World -- Moya Pacey, Romance -- Barry O'Donohue, Three Pigs -- C. J. Dennis, The Minglers -- John Shaw Neilson, Green Lover.

Craig Powell, Return in Pear Light -- Jill Jones, Mozart walking by -- Eric Beach, The Letter -- Contributors' Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Following up on our award-winning Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand, IP has released an anthology of even wider scope showcasing the best in Australian speculative poetry from early times to the present.Co-edited by renowned editors Tim Jones and P.S. Cottier, it features a virtual Who's Who of Australian poets including Judith Beveridge, Les Murray, Paul Hetherington, John Tranter, Diane Fahey, joanne burns, Caroline Caddy, David P Reiter, Peter Boyle, Alan Gould, Luke Davies, S.K. Kelen, Peter Minter, Jan Owen, Dorothy Porter, Philip Salom, Samuel Wagan Watson, Rod Usher, Jo Mills ... and many more!.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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