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1 Screen Saver i "From its white wall", Ross Gillett , 2024 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 January 2024; (p. 13)
1 Elegy for the World and George Floyd and All His Successors i "Time seems to be toxic. Or the times", Ross Gillett , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 109 2023;
1 1 y separately published work icon Swimmer in the Dust Ross Gillett , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2022 24478309 2022 selected work poetry ''This collection opens with a set of double-glazed windows, blasted by bushfire before they could even be installed, gazing only at "vistas of soil". The poems move through a series of landscapes, both internal and external, experiencing the elements in a quietly observant and sometimes poignant voice. We are eventually led up into the clouds, where we are invited to contemplate what we have learned about ourselves. A wonderful, subtle contribution to Australian poetry.' - Debi Hamilton'  (Publication summary)
1 Waking to Rain i "Rain is stitching us up,", Ross Gillett , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020-2021; (p. 78)
1 Missing the Rain i "I think of waking her before the rain arrives,", Ross Gillett , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 34 no. 1 2020; (p. 117)
1 The Knight i "Lady, are we ghosts, that dawn is our enemy?", Ross Gillett , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 1 2020; (p. 140)
1 The Lady i "I’m no ghost, but think of me as your poltergeist", Ross Gillett , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 1 2020; (p. 141)
1 The Guard i "Lovers, there’s a locked door between us", Ross Gillett , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 1 2020; (p. 140)
1 The Unknown Wonders Ross Gillett , 2020 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 10 no. 1 2020; (p. 140-141)
1 1 South Coast Sonnets i "We drove across the estuary,", Ross Gillett , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January / February no. 418 2020; (p. 57)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Mirror Hurlers Ross Gillett , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2019 17279368 2019 selected work poetry

'In this powerful collection Ross Gillett covers a wide poetic landscape — traditional verse forms, carefully honed free verse, exploratory long sequences and a wealth of shorter poems. He covers an equally wide range of experience: family and childhood, love and jealousy, and quietly metaphysical encounters with the energies of land, sea, sky and weather.

'The sensibility revealed in these poems is visionary, warm, and often humorous. Here are the best poems produced in the last ten years by a writer committed to a poetry of intensity, complexity and clarity — a rare trio of qualities based on a strong rhythmic life and an ability to go deep in search of the uniquely true image.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 The Mirror Mistress i "I loved the lanes,", Ross Gillett , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 40-41)
1 The Mirror Lovers i "There are those who will never release their mirrors.", Ross Gillett , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 40)
1 The Mirror Detective i "I know them. Their two-faced ways, their almost invisible", Ross Gillett , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 40)
1 The Mirror i "This is my sworn story of staying whole. My owner knows it backwards.", Ross Gillett , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 40)
1 The Looking-Glass Apprentice i "Mistress, I’ve seen the sunlight swim on red brick walls. I’ve watched your mirror fly", Ross Gillett , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 40)
1 The Mirror Hurlers Ross Gillett , 2019 sequence poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 409 2019; (p. 35-36)
1 Buying Online Ross Gillett , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Buying Online : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2018 2018; (p. 2-5)
1 After the Storm i "The sky is a non-event.", Ross Gillett , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , December vol. 76 no. 4 2017; (p. 95)
1 y separately published work icon Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month 2017 Grieve : Stories and Poems for Grief Awareness Month Volume 5 Judy Johnson (editor), Ross Gillett (editor), Hamilton : Hunter Writers' Centre , 2017 11980962 2017 anthology poetry short story
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