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B. R. Dionysius B. R. Dionysius i(A7708 works by) (birth name: Brett Raymond Dionysius) (a.k.a. Brett Dionysius)
Also writes as: 'Margie Malley'
Born: Established: 1969 Dalby, Dalby - Jandowae - Bowenville area, Darling Downs, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Birth Canal Under a Microscope i "You don’t remember your original slippery slide;", B. R. Dionysius , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , November vol. 42 no. 3 2023; (p. 59)
1 Enemy Mine i "It is quite one thing to wish your enemy dead,", B. R. Dionysius , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , November vol. 42 no. 3 2023; (p. 21)
1 Yogi, the Supersonic Bear i "The musk of bear sweat overpowered even the jet fuel’s", B. R. Dionysius , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , September vol. 42 no. 2 2023; (p. 44)
1 A Teenage Boy Drives in a Tank to His Junior Prom i "Perhaps it’s a good idea to wrap the heart in armour first.", B. R. Dionysius , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 14 2023;
1 A Russian Physicist Puts His Head Inside a Particle Accelerator i "13th July 1978", B. R. Dionysius , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 Death Is an Iron Lung i "My poverty enclosed me like an iron lung, but", B. R. Dionysius , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Science Write Now , no. 8 2023;
1 2 y separately published work icon Critical State B. R. Dionysius , Tamborine : Calanthe Press , 2022 26086252 2022 selected work poetry

'Critical State is a collection of poetry about Queensland, articulating concerns about habitat loss and the extinction of local species. The anthology addresses history, loss, discovery and the ever diminishing diversity of our environment with intensity, metaphor, clear-eyed detail and rhythmic language.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 Dusk i "Dusk is falling for her childhood, not", B. R. Dionysius , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 12 no. 1 2022; (p. 15)
1 Palm Cockatoo i "A body like a cast iron oven’s stovepipe as it tips its head", B. R. Dionysius , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 11 2022;
1 Failing to See Regent Honeyeaters at Springfield Lakes B. R. Dionysius , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry for the Planet : An Anthology of Imagined Futures 2021;
1 The Tractor Job i "You only got to drive your stepfather's Ford tractor, you", B. R. Dionysius , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 35 no. 1 2021; (p. 260-261)
1 Mothers’ Day i "When my father was four months dead & I called out, ‘Mum,", B. R. Dionysius , 2021 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 10 2021;
1 These Things Washed Up i "Every so often a 'monster' is found on a beach in New Zealand.", B. R. Dionysius , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Verandah , no. 34 2019; (p. 14-15)
1 On the Death of Astronaut John Young i "My family didn’t own a colour TV set until two years", B. R. Dionysius , 2019 single work poetry
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 64 no. 1 2019; (p. 74-75)
1 The Wee-Vee B. R. Dionysius , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Buying Online : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2018 2018; (p. 87-91)
1 Killing One Hundred Wedge-tailed Eagles i "is what happens when you send your sons to ag college", B. R. Dionysius , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 78 no. 3 2018; (p. 59-61)
1 Norfolk Island Kaka i "Nestor productus", B. R. Dionysius , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , September no. 4 2018;
1 Dick Johnson Hits a Rock, 1980 i "Mortgage your Daisy Hill home to fix up", B. R. Dionysius , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 25 2018; (p. 48-49)
1 Fighting Girlfriend i "the blue-black news", B. R. Dionysius , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 3 2018;
1 Bloom i "This was her eighties’ playlist. Deception Bay", B. R. Dionysius , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 3 2018;
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