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'Welcome to foam:e issue 20.
'This time around we were keener than ever to be surprised, perplexed and strangely
elated by something a little out of the ordinary, something a bit bats, even choppy
and imperfect—as long as it was electrifying.
'We were met with strange childhood memories of being surrounded by screensavers
in your mum’s computer lab; pregnant partners who can only stomach ice; “molars of
storm clouds”; and a sister who acts like she’s a small nation with her own army.
'It’s good to be back and we hope you enjoy our selections this year. We thank all
contributors for sending their work for consideration.'
Angela Gardner and Carmen Leigh Keates
Editors.
Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Close Listening to the Universe by Terry Nguyen
My Five Big Sisters and My Kathleen to her Sabine by Keith Nunes
Contents
- Epic Polar Adventurei"Authentic private charter. Rich air. Custom footsteps.", single work poetry
- Bliss Bliss (Heart’s Beat)i"I meditate", single work poetry
- Immortal Jellyfishi"Pinkie fingernail-small. No brain, all brawn.", single work poetry
- Spenserian Sonneti"SUMATRAN will understand your aura.", single work poetry
- Second-hand Traderi"I learnt from poet and judge John Bray", single work poetry
- Reading Tu Fu Late at Nighti"It’s nearly midnight", single work poetry
- Enigma Unmaskedi"The Sapphic triangulation is falling apart.", single work poetry
- The Violent Redi"The violent Red is a powerful mantra.", single work poetry
- When I Was Robert Redfordi"How to tell you this story of when I was Robert Redford, crouching on the edge of a cliff, my best friend Butch Paul", single work poetry
- Look the Other Wayi"These are my concerns, I have", single work poetry
- Gaunt Harvesti"I’ll be what travels with me", single work poetry
- The Crossingi"Each night I’m surrounded", single work poetry
- Pebble in a Webi"My niece learnt three languages at once, each word tipped into her like a pebble until she was heavy enough to stand up", single work poetry
- Justi"She does", single work poetry
- Joyi"I tell you how, in the Babaoshan Cemetery, there is a VR simulation of death: the white explosion and cumulo-form", single work poetry
- The Apiaristi"Summer had gathered hot stones", single work poetry
- Primer Coat Questionsi"My mind is between mice", single work poetry
- Screensaveri"My mother’s vials are small, very neat. The ants", single work poetry
- Remindersi"Last year’s today pops up in my timeline", single work poetry
- Foreign Accent Syndromei"The knotty folds of flesh and thought", single work poetry
