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Es Foong Es Foong i(16053059 works by)
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1 Blue Light i "This is a rare dawn poem.", Es Foong , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 37 no. 2 2023;
1 My Words Through Your Ears i "You said in the meeting that the female client was hot.", Es Foong , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 37 no. 2 2023;
1 Where We Keep the Barbies i "This is where we live", Es Foong , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 37 no. 2 2023;
1 Am Breath i "am morning light tender-filtered through slats.", Es Foong , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , vol. 37 no. 2 2023;
1 y separately published work icon Clot and Marrow Es Foong , Kambah : Recent Work Press , 2023 26411857 2023 selected work poetry

'You lead me through strange geographies.
You say, up here the tide
cannot drown our sandwiches.

'Es Foong’s debut collection explores the strange geographies of belonging: to family, gender, culture and oneself. It ponders boundaries; the predicament of needing to assert them even as they cause pain and separation. It explores influences on identity and the fault-lines of trauma, how these are woven into our bodies. It sees the power and the possibility of the pause – as breath, silence, a poem’s whitespace – and as an alternative way of being, survival and love.'(Publication summary)
1 The Most Alive Thing i "It is an itch to start,", Es Foong , Emilie Collyer , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , 37 2023; (p. 48-51)
1 Gasping i "I’ve got this panic", Es Foong , 2022 poetry
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Spring no. 3 2022;
1 Elephant i "The words catch in your lengthy trunk.", Es Foong , 2022 poetry
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Spring no. 3 2022; This poem is in five numbered parts.
1 Scar Tissue i "You lead me through strange geographies.", Es Foong , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 33 2021; (p. 16-17) Best of Australian Poems 2022 2022; (p. 158)
1 Don't Ask Es Foong , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 88-89)
1 Serviettes i "I wondered if I've lived enouth", Es Foong , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2019; (p. 45)
1 'His-and-Her' Sink i "'It's a double sink, 'his-and-hers' sink. The basins are cold and smooth,", Es Foong , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 8 no. 2 2018; (p. 40-41)
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