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Alison Thompson Alison Thompson i(A30937 works by) (a.k.a. Alison Clark Thompson)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon The Horizon Shifts Sideways Alison Thompson , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2024 27659394 2024 selected work poetry

'The Horizon Shift Sideways displays an informed curiosity about the natural world and the creatures that inhabit it ― both human and animal ― and the entanglements and interactions that exist between these. The unique directness of her work is a result of the combination of the scientific and the aesthetic, combined with characteristic clear-eyed observation.' (Publication summary)

1 Pest i "This morning it all seems very English in my garden", Alison Thompson , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 9 no. 2 2019;
1 Extinct i "These birds have only parchment wings now", Alison Thompson , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 9 no. 2 2019;
1 Legacy Alison Thompson , 2019 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , December vol. 9 no. 2 2019;
1 Geebung, near Braidwood i "This is barefoot country", Alison Thompson , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Griffith Review , January no. 63 2019; (p. 88)
1 Future Tense Alison Thompson , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry D'amour 2018 2018;
1 Cocoon i "For eight years your body lay on the floor of your Sydney house,", Alison Thompson , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 28 2018;
1 y separately published work icon In a Day It Changes Alison Thompson , Berry : PressPress , 2018 18169403 2018 selected work poetry

'In a day it changes is Thompson's second chapbook with PressPress and does not disappoint. It has the sharp intelligence and clarity we have come to expect in her work.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Drinking Rain i "November in Sydney started with stinking rain,", Alison Thompson , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , September no. 3 2018;
1 Dingo Alison Thompson , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 78 no. 1 2018; (p. 65-82)

'When Paul awoke, the dog had died, and he was sorry. Sorry for its death, sorry he had not cared for it in life as well as he should have, sorry he'd been unable to extend to it more than a vague affection and cheap food; sorry that, at the end, he'd failed to take it to the vet and spare the animal that last dreadful night, sorry too he was not as sorry as he ought to have been...'  (Publication abstract)

1 Amphibious i "After months of dry weather garlands of rain", Alison Thompson , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 3 2018;
1 Remembering Cara Alison Thompson , 2017 single work short story
— Appears in: A Nice Boy : Thirty-two Award-winning Stories from the Stringybark Short Story Awards 2017;
1 Flare Alison Thompson , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry D'Amour 2016 : Love Poetry 2016;
1 Moss Alison Thompson , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry D'Amour 2016 : Love Poetry 2016;
1 Driving South for Easter i "towards a place I'd forgotten was home", Alison Thompson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , 20 Mar vol. 11 no. 2014;
1 At Night i "all the stars are drowned by city lights", Alison Thompson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , 20 Mar vol. 11 no. 2014;
1 In the House i "the walls have changed colour the shadows lengthened", Alison Thompson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , 20 Mar vol. 11 no. 2014;
1 New World Alison Thompson , 2014 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , 20 Mar vol. 11 no. 2014;
1 Photo i "There’s a photograph of me with my mother – a rare backyard shot;", Alison Thompson , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , 20 Mar vol. 11 no. 2014;
1 Out Here i "where the sand dries crisp where it breads into wafers", Alison Thompson , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Famous Reporter , December no. 44 2012; (p. 121)
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