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Michelle Leber Michelle Leber i(A28247 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Slovene
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1 She's Talking about Her Gothic Chair i "Can one marry a tree? Carve its form", Michelle Leber , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry 2016; (p. 26)
1 The Forbidden Room i "The room–smelled like vacancy", Michelle Leber , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tremble : The University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's International Poetry Prize 2016; (p. 41-42)
1 The Pollinarium i "Faithful to its longest fang, constant in", Michelle Leber , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Island , no. 143 2015; (p. 111)
1 4 y separately published work icon The Yellow Emperor : A Mythography in Verse Michelle Leber , Parkville : Five Islands Press , 2014 7996677 2014 selected work poetry

'Michele Leber's poetry has the immediacy and fluency of calligraphy as thought and the body articulates a vision of itself as both flesh and spirit - Jennifer Mackenzie

'The Yellow Emperor takes us into the world of ancient China, a world of history, myth and medicine which never loses its contemporary relevance. It is a book that will seldom be equaled for the uniqueness of its vision, the power of its imagination. - Ron Pretty

'With The Yellow Emperor, an erudite and dramatic collection of ventures and adventure, Michelle Leber makes poetry sing with medicinal effect. These poems come alive with startling new imagery and seemingly effortless mastery. - Yu Ouyang (Publication abstract)
1 2. Melbourne, 1970 i "Seven years old, caught under", Michelle Leber , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 46.1 2014;
1 1. Melbourne, 1968 i "Except for thistle girl,", Michelle Leber , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 46.1 2014;
1 Changing the Names of the Past in the Years of Curious Habits Michelle Leber , 2014 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 46.1 2014;
1 Near the Tree with Caretaker Roots i "Firmly bound", Michelle Leber , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 41 2013;
1 In the Great Kiln Michelle Leber , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Fire : A Collection of Stories, Poems and Visual Images 2013; (p. 119-120)
1 Sentiment Roaring like Thunder i "I tie my long black hair to a tree", Michelle Leber , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Love Poems 2013 2013; (p. 232-233)
1 Empire of Wives i "Misshapen Mo Mu -", Michelle Leber , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , November vol. 6 no. 1 2013;
1 My Curious Plague of Flowers i "By the winter lake I will write the death-date of", Michelle Leber , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Women's Work : A Collection of Contemporary Women's Poetry 2013; (p. 14)
1 True Listening in the Palace of Treasures i "Miserable - the cloud emperor who sits under", Michelle Leber , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Etchings , no. 11 2012; (p. 92-93) The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013; (p. 189-190)
1 In the Voice of a Tree i "Her warm curve on my spine—", Michelle Leber , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 57 no. 2 2012; (p. 106-107)
1 A 27th Century BCE Chinese Inventory of the Bird Empire i "(1) Those that seek the breath of falconer (2) Unseen yet sonorous", Michelle Leber , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 71 no. 3 2011; (p. 162)
1 Supreme Abyss i "At night, snowfall uncoveres", Michelle Leber , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 17 October 2010; (p. 7)
1 y separately published work icon The Weeping Grass Michelle Leber , Melbourne : Australian Poetry Centre , 2010 Z1699937 2010 selected work poetry
1 Rock Pool, Undertow Bay i "Bent over his galaxy - watercolour clouds", Michelle Leber , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Age , 13 March 2010; (p. 29) The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010; (p. 142)
1 Lei Zu & The Discovery of Silk i "Was it a hand that released her sash", Michelle Leber , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 31 2009; The Best Australian Poems 2010 2010; (p. 141-142)
1 Firebird i "Lei Zu never saw the mountain", Michelle Leber , 2009 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 31 2009;
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