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y separately published work icon The Sky Falls Down : An Anthology of Loss anthology   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 The Sky Falls Down : An Anthology of Loss
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Port Adelaide, Port Adelaide - Enfield area, Adelaide - Northwest, Adelaide, South Australia,:Ginninderra Press , 2019 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Legally Dead, Mardi May , single work prose (p. 77)
Expiry, A Last Breath, Johanna Rendle-Short , single work short story (p. 78-82)
Beach Wedding, Kristen Levitzke , single work short story (p. 83-87)
You Can't Do Thati"leave me here in the emptiness", Elizabeth Goodsir , single work poetry (p. 88)
Guidelines for Mourningi"Don't buy too much fruit", Tim Bass , single work poetry (p. 89)
After, There Are the Birdsi"He sends me photos", Gina Mercer , single work poetry (p. 90-91)
Parting, Sarah St Vincent Welch , single work prose (p. 92-93)
Sis, David Francis , single work prose (p. 94)
Lacrimosai"The beach, waves crashing,darkened house,roller shutters down. No", Emily Sun , single work poetry (p. 95-101)
Like Someone Who Is Leavingi"this morning I catch myself putting things away", Pam Schindler , single work poetry (p. 102)
Your Fibonaccii"Death", Megan Schaffner , single work poetry (p. 103-105)
The Great Silencei"It is best heard with the radio on in the background", Tim Bass , single work poetry (p. 106)
I Don't Remember When I First Began, Rashida Murphy , single work poetry (p. 107-109)
124-LUVi"Don't even think about spending more than two seconds", Lesley Synge , single work poetry (p. 110-111)
The Cancer End of Towni"Naturally, the trees are melancholy at the cancer end of town. This is", Debi Hamilton , single work poetry (p. 112)
A Guest for Dinner, Deborah Sheldon , single work poetry (p. 113-120)
Double Mastectomyi"After the surgery", Robyn Mathison , single work poetry (p. 121)
Prosthesisi"She stands on her bed, eyes in the mirror", Dianne Hicks Morrow , single work poetry (p. 122)
Before They Fall, Liana Joy Christensen , single work autobiography

The narrator describes a 'gentle friend' she once had: an Indian man with schizophrenia that she kept in contact with all her life. In and out of mental health institutions, he nevertheless manages to make time for the narrator, bringing her a wedding gift and having meals together. He dies without her knowledge.

 (p. 123-130)
Journeying to Lithiumi"A drunken night in Austria", Gill Goater , single work poetry (p. 131)
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