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'These are contradictory times and Charles Dickens' haunting words at the opening of A Tale of Two Cities hold prophetically true as a gloss of the contents of four W twenty-nine-. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age. foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair...' One of the roles of poetry and fiction is to explore and articulate contradiction and contrariety in all its imagined layers, finials, matrices and interstice,. It's what gives art part of its power, 'authenticity', seductive appeal — to take readers inside new ways of seeing the familiar world: 'language made strange' is still a useful definition of poetry (and prose).' (Editorial introduction)
Contents
- Olympia and Phoungi"After a long quest through the inner west", single work poetry (p. 5-9)
- Seaside Hiatusi"feet scuff ground fine", single work poetry (p. 10)
- Decorative Value, Exceptionallyi"Invest in this disquieting replica blowfly,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- 'Move-On Industries' ™ Breakouti"Pad admirable options", single work poetry (p. 12)
- The Hug The Loudest Hug, single work short story (p. 13-19)
- Notional Godsi"Seeds germinated by flying foxes", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Protectioni"mother loved twice as hard", single work poetry (p. 21-22)
- Rainbow Serpenti"She sleeps beneath her silent earth", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- The Weeping Mani"The night that anchors", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- Shifting the Shinglei"Like some multi-limbed sea creature", single work poetry (p. 27)
- Helicopter Days, single work short story (p. 28-32)
- Wilcanniai"Sandstone tracks her veins", single work poetry (p. 33)
- Reading the Mothsi"Ten days meditation unfurled", single work poetry (p. 34-35)
- Peas, single work short story (p. 36-41)
- The Night Crawli"waves against open ricks", single work poetry (p. 42)
- Fisheries, Narranderai"If the past is another country, what do we say", single work poetry (p. 43)
- Neapedi"you’d say that it was tidal. you’d say that,", single work poetry (p. 44)
- Dumb Kid Gloryi"& maybe it was just that", single work poetry (p. 45)
- Eisoptrophiliaci"Mirror, mirror on the wall", single work poetry (p. 46)
- What Is Necessaryi"Which way to turn in the supermarket aisle", single work poetry (p. 47)
