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Gayelene Carbis Gayelene Carbis i(A33035 works by) (a.k.a. Gaylene Carbis)
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1 American Gothic i "lip thinned and eyes narrowed", Gayelene Carbis , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 10 2023; (p. 13)
1 Theory Gayelene Carbis , 2023 single work prose
— Appears in: TEXT : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs , October vol. 27 no. 2 2023;
1 We Stood Gayelene Carbis , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Kalliope X , Autumn no. 4 2023;
1 2 y separately published work icon I Have Decided to Remain Vertical Gayelene Carbis , Waratah : Puncher and Wattmann , 2022 25269354 2022 selected work poetry

'Gayelene Carbis, in her second collection I Have Decided To Remain Vertical, pushes ideas and images beyond autobiography into that slightly surreal, sometimes whimsical, often heartbreaking territory of the poem that sings even as it laments, that can bring artfulness and authenticity into communion, and balances itself on a knife-edge of irony.' (Publication summary) 

1 Red Horse by the River i "When you were a child, you drew", Gayelene Carbis , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 67 no. 1 2022; (p. 14)
1 y separately published work icon Morning Light Gayelene Carbis , Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2022 24683676 2022 selected work poetry 'MORNING LIGHT, Gayelene Carbis’s second book of poetry, continues the scenes and preoccupations of her debut collection Anecdotal Evidence : childhood memories, lovers, therapy, Carnegie, poetry and confession — though with the difference this time that she is well into her stride, more sure of her voice, and more able to push ideas and images beyond autobiography into that slightly surreal, sometimes whimsical, often heartbreaking territory of the poem that sings even as it laments, that can bring artfulness and authenticity into communion, and balances itself on a knife-edge of irony.'(Publication summary)
1 Not Really A Man Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work short story
— Appears in: Live Encounters , April 2021-2022;
1 Faith i "I tell my friend Faith", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , December no. 2 2021;
1 My Lover’s in Business and Out Most Nights i "my friends say he’s a phantom. i’ve made him up. he doesn’t exist.", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , December no. 2 2021;
1 Errand i "again she hit me over the head with the wrong rice", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , December no. 2 2021;
1 Peri Peri i "Living with you is like living at Nando’s.", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , December no. 2 2021;
1 After ‘Still Life with Babette’s Jug #2’ Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Any Saturday, 2021, Running Westward 2021;
1 The Dead Sea i "We went to the Dead Sea but I didn't bring", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 243 2021; (p. 57)
1 Embodiment in Quill i "I have been rearranging my ankles.", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 11 no. 1 2021; (p. 22)
1 Homecoming i "That strange look on his face again", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , May 2021;
1 Hedda Gabler i "she burns his manuscript and I cry out –", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Live Encounters , May 2021;
1 Milk i "We need more milk.", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 14 March vol. 31 no. 5 2021;
1 Daddy Long Legs i "It started with one. In the corner behind the TV.", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 14 March vol. 31 no. 5 2021;
1 Laundry i "My father has laundry to do on Sunday.", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 14 March vol. 31 no. 5 2021;
1 Wave Your Hand i "If you want to kiss me, please stand at the required", Gayelene Carbis , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Not Very Quiet , March no. 8 2021;
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