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Jennifer Compton Jennifer Compton i(A16382 works by) (a.k.a. Jennifer Lee Compton)
Born: Established: 1949 Wellington, Wellington (Region), North Island,
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New Zealand,
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Pacific Region, ;
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1973
Heritage: New Zealander
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1 Jennifer Compton Reviews Sarah Holland-Batt and Gavin Yuan Gao Jennifer Compton , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , no. 109 2023;
— Review of The Jaguar Sarah Holland-Batt , 2022 selected work poetry ; At the Altar of Touch Gavin Yuan Gao , 2022 selected work poetry

'Both of these considerable books, The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt and At the Altar of Touch by Gavin Yuan Gao, arrived into my hands, out of their padded envelope, with all of the gravitas of prize-winners. They are, both of them, winning books – they shine with sincerity and reach and craft – and they won me over with minimal resistance on my part.' (Introduction)
1 There Was a Sign Up Outside the Temple i "A black-on-yellow sign in several languages,", Jennifer Compton , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 12 no. 1 2022; (p. 46-47)
1 It Was i "It was 1980.", Jennifer Compton , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , December 2021;
1 y separately published work icon The Moment, Taken Jennifer Compton , Canberra : Recent Work Press , 2021 20909445 2021 selected work poetry

'the moment, taken is Jennifer Compton’s eleventh book of poetry. At this late stage she has yielded to the absolute lure of eidectic memory. That is – ‘relating to or denoting images having unusual vividness and detail as if actually visible.’ And there is the pleasure in poetry for her. The damage, the drama, the tableau, the tall tale and true. It must be knocked out of true. There are rules.'

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1 Flock i "one sheep hardly knows", Jennifer Compton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , April no. 17 2020;
1 The Idiolect of the River i "I am thinking of a particular river. The Huangarua", Jennifer Compton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW (New Writing) , no. 31 2020; (p. 32)
1 Late and Soon i "Do we love one another enough yet?", Jennifer Compton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2020; (p. 62)
1 My First Issue of Ms. i "I was at Auckland Airport (why)?", Jennifer Compton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , September no. 7 2020;
1 Another View i "Is she sitting?", Jennifer Compton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 96 2020; Author's note:

Landscape and jacaranda — Grace Cossington Smith
1 Tricks of the Trade i "The Playwright, In The First Week Of Rehearsal, Makes Herself Plain", Jennifer Compton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , March no. 6 2020;
1 Under the House i "I would put on dress-ups and run around our house singing. You could run", Jennifer Compton , 2020 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 95 2020;
1 The Foundling Wheel At the Liguria Study Centre in Bogliasco i "Karen (a sculptor from New York)", Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 33 no. 2 2019; (p. 425-427)
1 At the Wishing Well i "you and i and her", Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing , no. 30 2019; (p. 41)
1 Reading the Pavement i "ITHAKA", Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing , no. 30 2019; (p. 40)
1 In the Post Office, the Postmaster i "mr grumpy is taking the sun", Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing , no. 30 2019; (p. 39)
1 In the Park, a Family i "he is lying flat", Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing , no. 30 2019; (p. 38)
1 Walking Distance Jennifer Compton , 2019 sequence poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing , no. 30 2019; (p. 38-41)
1 It Is as It Is i "The dairy farmers, and his cameraman", Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 27 2019; (p. 32-34)
1 The Shock of Recognition : Jennifer Compton Launches ‘The Sacking of the Muses’ by Susan Hawthorne Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work essay
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , September no. 27 2019;
1 A Jellyfish Quilt, Shaped like a Family i "say imagine a patchwork on a daily tide billowing", Jennifer Compton , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , September no. 5 2019;
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