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1 y separately published work icon Golden Repair Louise Carter , Artarmon : Giramondo Publishing , 2023 26220148 2023 selected work poetry 'The poems in this collection draw upon the sounds, colours and quirks of urban and suburban Australia. Personal perceptions and associations are interwoven with snippets of speech, soundbites from TV shows, the percussive rhythm of highways and tramlines, and the atmospheric permutations of a climate in flux. Infused with a romantic sensibility, the poems dramatise the ways in which relationships are played out in ordinary circumstances, on balconies, backyards, streets and against skylines. As the poet exclaims, ‘Oh Lord of Chlorine, Gear Sticks,/ Forklifts and Cream Cheese, forgive my short attention span./ Grant me a chance to find enchantment in ordinary things.’ At the heart of the collection the extended sequence of poems ‘Golden Repair’ portrays the intoxicating highs of love and the darker emotions that come with its loss — the anger, there criminations, the loneliness.' (Publication summary) 
1 Windows i "Four straps over one shoulder: the usual", Louise Carter , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 June no. 105 2022;
1 Hot Clouds i "Hatching in hutches: the opaline budgies are abundant", Louise Carter , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Other Terrain , June no. 5 2018;
1 Digesting Grief : Krissy Kneen’s Eating My Grandmother : A Grief Cycle Louise Carter , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Verity La , March 2017;
— Review of Eating My Grandmother : A Grief Cycle Krissy Kneen , 2015 selected work poetry
1 Poets on Porches Drinking Tea Louise Carter (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 75 no. 2 2016; (p. 177-182)
1 Marrickville i "It’s been three weeks since I cleaned the bathroom", Louise Carter , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 4 May no. 54.0 2016;
1 In the Meantime i "In the meantime, by which I mean the time", Louise Carter , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 53.0 2016;
1 Mesmerised i "the word derives from Mesmer,", Louise Carter , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Communion Literary Magazine , December no. 4 2015;
1 Amaranthine i "There's a tree branch pressed against your window...", Louise Carter , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2015; Meanjin , December vol. 74 no. 4 2015; (p. 41)
1 My Friend's Mum i "I once loved a hobo in the park", Louise Carter , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 50.0 2015; The Best Australian Poems 2015 2015;
1 We'll Get Stoned On The Couch If It Takes All Night i "We stripped him", Louise Carter , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Zine West , no. 15 2015; (p. 46-47)
1 The IKEA Squids of the Apocalypse i "A squid-shaped clothes peg contraption I bought from IKEA", Louise Carter , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Zine West , no. 14 2014; (p. 15)
1 Pleasure in Elysium i "A man with a bundle of balloons in his arms", Louise Carter , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , June vol. 59 no. 1 2014; (p. 167)
1 Digitalis i "Fluorescent on flannelette,", Louise Carter , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sotto , March 2013;
1 The Rainbow Bird i "Her beauty’s a lazy place to start,", Louise Carter , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December no. 44.0 2013;
1 Ouroboros Louise Carter , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry D'amour Anthology 2014 : Love Poems 2013; (p. 136)
1 The Poetry Reading Louise Carter , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry D'amour Anthology 2014 : Love Poems 2013; (p. 127)
1 Liminal Louise Carter , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry D'amour Anthology 2014 : Love Poems 2013; (p. 91)
1 Commute i "Bursting out through the crust of the earth,", Louise Carter , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2012 2012; (p. 155)
1 On Fire i "A car was on fire - completely engulfed", Louise Carter , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Green Fuse 2010; (p. 85)
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