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Carmen Leigh Keates Carmen Leigh Keates i(A57133 works by) (a.k.a. Carmen Lee Keates)
Born: Established: 1979 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Female
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1 Editorial Foame 16 Angela Gardner , Carmen Leigh Keates , 2019 single work prose
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 16 2019;
1 Wait But Do Not Consider i "When she was eighty, we learned,", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , May no. 91 2019;
1 Women with Stinging ... i "The language is snowy", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Stilts , August no. 2 2018;
1 Interview : Martin Duwell Carmen Leigh Keates (interviewer), 2018 single work interview
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 15 2018;
1 ALL THE OLD DUDES All That Wasted Heat Carmen Leigh Keates , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 15 2018;
— Review of All That Wasted Heat Jonathan Hadwen , 2017 selected work short story
1 Review: INCARNATION IS NO BURDEN – Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold, Andy Jackson - Carmen Leigh Keates , 2018 single work review
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 15 2018;
— Review of Music Our Bodies Can’t Hold Andy Jackson , 2017 selected work poetry
1 To Speak Clearly Takes Work, or a Gift (Probably Both) Carmen Leigh Keates , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 14 2017;

'I became aware of Alison Whittaker’s first poetry collection, Lemons in the Chicken Wire, during the 2016 Queensland Poetry Festival. At the panel I attended, Whittaker wasn’t reading from her book but instead (like the other poets on the panel, Justin Clemens, Stuart Cooke and Natalie Harkin) she was presenting a poetic response to Dorothea Mackellar’s “My Country”.'  (Introduction)
1 We Cannot Trust the Subtitles i "As I watch, aware that we cannot trust", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: Tincture Journal , Summer no. 20 2017; (p. 23)
1 Gålrum Gravfält i "I remember a passport photo, in with the coins and fish", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Foam:e , March no. 13 2016;
1 At the Bergman Museum i "The lightning is concerned with a secret", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , November vol. 6 no. 2 2016;
1 To Paint the Inside of a Church i "Beneath the glamour of the pipe organ", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , November vol. 6 no. 2 2016; The Best Australian Poems 2017 2017; (p. 100-101) The Best Australian Poems 2017 2017; (p. 100-101)
1 I Bought My Father an Axe i "I didn't think how I would get it home. I didn't drive", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Small Packages , November no. 12 2016; (p. 83)
1 The Bandit Without Mifune i "What shall I do", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: Small Packages , November no. 12 2016; (p. 82)
1 5 y separately published work icon Meteorites Carmen Leigh Keates , Geelong : Whitmore Press , 2016 10626071 2016 selected work poetry

'In this much-awaited first collection, Carmen Leigh Keates draws on her experiences of cinema and of travelling to regions in Scandinavia associated with iconic films -among them, Bergman's remote Swedish island of Fårö, and the Estonian capital Tallinn, where Tarkovsky filmed his science fiction masterpiece Stalker. In these poems, geographical, dream and film worlds collide with brilliant results, taking the reader on unexpected and unpredictable voyages.' (Publication summary)
1 Burning Train i "In the night's flat distance a burning train", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Language of Compassion : Poetry from the Second ACU Literature Prize 2014; (p. 39-43)
1 y separately published work icon The City We Build Carmen Leigh Keates , Chris Lynch , Julie Beveridge , Australia : if:book Australia , 2013 Z1918575 2013 selected work poetry
1 Cloud on Mount Wellington i "On our ascent there is a shale-stone grotto", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Sudden Presence : Poetry from the Inaugural ACU Literature Prize 2013; (p. 29-31) Axon : Creative Explorations , March vol. 5 no. 1 2015;
1 Domenico's Dog i "In Russia, Italy was his dream", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 2 no. 2 2012; (p. 37-39)
1 Nostalghia i "In sleep he is sent", Carmen Leigh Keates , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 2 no. 2 2012; (p. 34-36) The Best Australian Poems 2013 2013; (p. 105-107)
1 1 y separately published work icon Feeding Paper Tigers [and] One Broken Knife Carmen Leigh Keates , Vanessa Page , Brisbane : Another Lost Shark Publications , 2012 6020452 2012 selected work poetry
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