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y separately published work icon Contemporary Asian Australian Poets anthology   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 Contemporary Asian Australian Poets
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Glebe, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,:Puncher and Wattmann , 2013 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Smoke of Zebui"Grandfather turned the land", Desh Balasubramaniam , single work poetry (p. 55-56)
This Is Where It Beginsi"Digde ini nagpopoon. Anum na taon ako, siguro lima.", Merlinda Bobis , single work poetry (p. 57-58)
Note: With epigraph: Once upon a time in Bikol, Philipino, English - We tell it over and over again.
Driving to Katoombai"today, you span the far mountains", Merlinda Bobis , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
Covenanti"after you bomb my town=pagkatapos mong pasabugon an samong banwaan=pagkatapos mong pasabugin ang aming bayan", Merlinda Bobis , single work poetry (p. 60-63)
Litanyi"do not leave me=hare ako pagbayae=huwag mo akong iiwan", Merlinda Bobis , single work poetry (p. 63-64)
Siestai"take me not", Merlinda Bobis , single work poetry (p. 64-65)
Stamp Collectingi"Starting with Australia, she slides the stamps", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
Plum Blossom or Quong Tart at the QVBi"Stroke by laboured stroke my daughter", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 67-71)
Clear Brightnessi"The house and yard dressed in a skin of ash", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 71-72)
La Mian in Melbournei"On Little Bourke Street it's the bewitching hour", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
Kali from Abroadi"Kali, you are the poster-goddess, sticking out your black", Michelle Cahill , single work poetry (p. 74)
Pārvatī in Darlinghursti"So I lay on the body of a pale Śiva. He spoke", Michelle Cahill , single work poetry (p. 75)
Ode to Mumbaii"Piece by piece I'll remove unwieldy syntax.", Michelle Cahill , single work poetry (p. 76)
Swansi"Here in Orkney, they time-share as winter voyagers", Michelle Cahill , single work poetry (p. 77)
Day of a Seal, 1820i"A tall ship patrols the coast,", Michelle Cahill , single work poetry (p. 77-78)
Love's Legend, a Sermoni"how across the square the", Andrew Carruthers , single work poetry (p. 79-80)
Reading Mao in the Futurei"while watching his body", A. J. Carruthers , single work poetry (p. 80-81)
Hong Kong, 1999i"didn't feel the century turning", A. J. Carruthers , single work poetry (p. 81-82)
Learning to Leavei"The streetlamps pass us like the years:", Carol Chan , single work poetry (p. 83-84)
Milesi"No, I don't know how many yards make a mile,", Carol Chan , single work poetry (p. 84-85)
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