States of Poetry ACT

ACT | Three poems by Kerry Reed-Gilbert

Kerry Reed-Gilbert reads her poems ‘Wiradjuri Country’, ‘Got ya’, and ‘Just leave your mark here’ for ABR's ACT States of Poetry anthology.

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Series Two">States of Poetry Podcast - Series Two</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><span class="dropcap">M</span>elinda Smith reads her poems ‘Some trees’ and ‘The undiscovered country’for <em>ABR</em>'s <a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry-2017/states-of-poetry-act">ACT States of Poetry anthology</a>.</p> <p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/319535928&color=ff5500&auto_play= ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/about/publishing-profile/203-states-of-poetry-podcast-2017/4036-states-of-poetry-act-state-editor-jen-webb-introduces-the-act-anthology">State Editor Jen Webb introduces series two of the ACT anthology</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/about/publishing-profile/author/916-hiddenauthor">Hidden Author</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/about/publishing-profile/content/203-states-of-poetry-podcast-2017" title="States of Poetry Podcast - Series Two">States of Poetry Podcast - Series Two</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><span class="dropcap">I</span>n this episode of <em>Australian Book Review</em>'s States of Poetry podcast, <a href="/about/publishing-profile/192-states-of-poetry-2017-act/3869-states-of-poetry-2017-act-state-editor-s-introduction-by-jen-webb">State Editor Jen Webb introduces the 2017 ACT anthology</a>.</p> <p><iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/31953283 ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/about/publishing-profile/176-states-of-poetry-podcast/3428-states-of-poetry-act-podcast-lady-mungo-speaks-and-whitefellas-by-jeanine-leane">States of Poetry 2016 ACT Podcast | 'Lady Mungo Speaks' and 'Whitefellas' by Jeanine Leane</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/about/publishing-profile/author/916-hiddenauthor">Hidden Author</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/about/publishing-profile/content/176-states-of-poetry-podcast" title="States of Poetry Podcast - Series One">States of Poetry Podcast - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody"> <div class="customHighlightText"><p><span class="dropcap">I</span>n this episode of <em>Australian Book Review</em>'s States of Poetry podcast, Jeanine Leane reads her poems 'Lady Mungo Speaks' and 'Whitefellas' which feature in the 2016 ACT anthology.</p> ... <a href="/about/publishing-profile/176-states-of-poetry-podcast/3428-states-of-poetry-act-podcast-lady-mungo-speaks-and-whitefellas-by-jeanine-leane">(read more)</a></div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-act/171-states-of-poetry-act/2952-states-of-poetry-act-spring-fall-by-adrian-caesar">'Spring Fall' by Adrian Caesar | States of Poetry ACT - Series One</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/about/publishing-profile/author/5542-adriancaesar">Adrian Caesar</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-act" title="States of Poetry ACT - Series One">States of Poetry ACT - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>I see you stand with your back to me<br />at the French window as you did last March<br />looking at early flowers<br />yellow and crimson, pansy and primrose<br />peeping from their crust of snow and<br />above them the steel-sculpted angel<br />rearing from a wooden plinth: guardian<br />of the courtyard. In those bleak days I knew<br />you were reading the cemetery metaphor<br />of your blig ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-act/171-states-of-poetry-act/2953-states-of-poetry-act-crafting-consolation-by-adrian-caesar">'Crafting Consolation' by Adrian Caesar | States of Poetry ACT - Series One</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/about/publishing-profile/author/5542-adriancaesar">Adrian Caesar</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-act" title="States of Poetry ACT - Series One">States of Poetry ACT - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>Your kind friend sent a condolence card<br />and in the envelope a small white feather<br />which, she said, seemed to come from nowhere.<br /><em>Angel's wings obviously</em>, I wrote in my reply.<br />And for days after everywhere I went<br />I found small replicas, as if some tiny<br />feathered thing had scattered its moulting<br />on urban pavements, in shops and unlikely<br />bathrooms, a ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-act/171-states-of-poetry-act/2955-states-of-poetry-act-a-salutation-by-adrian-caesar">'A Salutation' by Adrian Caesar | States of Poetry ACT - Series One</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/about/publishing-profile/author/5542-adriancaesar">Adrian Caesar</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-act" title="States of Poetry ACT - Series One">States of Poetry ACT - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>Some months after the funeral,<br />checking emails from the other hemisphere,<br />there's one from Pauline; subject: <em>Hell</em>.<br />It's not promising. 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