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y separately published work icon Prayers of a Secular World anthology   poetry  
Note: With an introduction by David Tacey
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Prayers of a Secular World
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Carlton South, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Inkerman and Blunt , 2015 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
North of Twenty-Sixi"North of twenty-six ranges of mica schist shine like grounded rainbows", Jan Napier , single work poetry (p. 13)
Powerful Owli"To come close to you I must become this:", Maya Ward , single work poetry (p. 14)
Oceani"Life rolls towards you, giving and breaking. You hear:", Diane Fahey , single work poetry (p. 15)
Against the Unlit Seai"The figs are shrivelling", Adrienne Eberhard , single work poetry (p. 16)
Yeni"When they found Brenhilda, she was no more than bone chorus,", single work poetry (p. 17)
Imagine Becoming the Seai"I have unreeled sentences from my spine's spool", Felicity Plunkett , single work poetry (p. 18)
The Sadhui"He is the ever-walker, a journeyman of landscapes, treading paths that rise", David Francis , single work poetry (p. 21)
Da Barri Barri Bullet Traini"we bin get up with mista an habim gooda one beed", Diwurruwurru , Phillip Hall , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
The Golden Templei"Outside the high gate of Mrs Bhandari's Guesthouse I flag a cycle rickshaw,", Kim Cheng Boey , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Note: Variation of first line.
The Joyousness of Meni"When we run together I am natively", Petra White , single work poetry (p. 26)
The Last Talker after Massi"He belts his trousers with baling twine", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 27)
The Physiognomy of Fixingi"we browse here like cattle on a grassy day", Jennifer Harrison , single work poetry (p. 28-29)
Geesei"In ribbons of sound all afternoon, geese,", Rosemary Blake , single work poetry (p. 30)
Pearsi"By the light of the early morning window the taller of", Lesley Lebkowicz , single work poetry (p. 31)
Sign of Peacei"When my uncle was dying", Brendan Ryan , single work poetry (p. 32)
The Miscellaneous Songbirds' Unioni"Songbirds,", Carolyn Leach-Paholski , single work poetry (p. 33)
Hensi"I think I've been waiting for you all my life.", Sarah Day , single work poetry (p. 34-35)
Touchedi"A monarch flutters past overhead", Gita Mammen , single work poetry (p. 36)
Why Do We Exist?i"The child sits, quiet as a moth,", Chris Wallace-Crabbe , single work poetry (p. 37)
Icei"Polar bears have no choice", Chloe Wilson , single work poetry (p. 38-39)
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