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'the black hand of Badia Elmi' by Nathan Shepherdson | States of Poetry Queensland - Series One

by Nathan Shepherdson •

States of Poetry Queensland - Series One

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Nathan Shepherdson

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<div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/176-states-of-poetry-podcast/3324-states-of-poetry-oxytocin-by-kate-llewellyn">States of Poetry 2016 SA Podcast | 'Oxytocin' by Kate Llewellyn</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/author/916-hiddenauthor">Hidden Author</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/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, Francesca Sasnaitis introduces Kate Llewellyn who reads her poem 'Oxytocin' which features in the 2016 South Australian anthology.</p> ... <a href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/176-states-of-poetry-podcast/3324-states-of-poetry-oxytocin-by-kate-llewellyn">(read more)</a></div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/176-states-of-poetry-podcast/3325-states-of-poetry-state-editor-felicity-plunkett-introduces-the-queensland-anthology">States of Poetry 2016 Podcast | State editor Felicity Plunkett introduces the Queensland anthology</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/author/916-hiddenauthor">Hidden Author</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/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 the<em> Australian Book Review</em>'s States of Poetry Podcast, state editor Felicity Plunkett introduces the 2016 Queensland poets: Nathan Shepherdson, Ellen van Neerven, Lionel Forgarty, MTC Cronin, Sarah Holland-Batt, and Stuart Barnes.</p> ... <a href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/176-states-of-poetry-podcast/3325-states-of-poetry-state-editor-felicity-plunkett-introduces-the-queensland-anthology">(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/2988-states-of-poetry-act-song-of-gratitude-by-sarah-rice">States of Poetry 2016 - ACT | 'Song of gratitude' by Sarah Rice</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/author/5546-sarahrice">Sarah Rice</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>For the soft-handled horse-mane hair<br />of the half moon brush<br />The gleam of pewter, copper, glass.</p> <p>For the carpet palimpsest of patterned lives<br />that lie layered in the deep pile – embedded<br />wine, coffee, blood, bread, skin, and ash.</p> <p>For the possibility of preserving presence<br />and particularity in a photograph.</p> <p>For the quiet reliability of maps that ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria/173-states-of-poetry-victoria/3029-states-of-poetry-victoria-a-brief-report-by-kevin-brophy">States of Poetry 2016 - Victoria | 'A brief report' by Kevin Brophy</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/author/1197-kevinbrophy">Kevin Brophy</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria" title="States of Poetry Victoria - Series One">States of Poetry Victoria - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><em>for Wolfgang and Birgit</em></p> <p>I failed to sleep last night, I failed to have the dreams<br />that would take me safe from one day into the next.</p> <p>I failed to be brave, afraid of the train, its snout of steel<br />pushing out of the dark into the station at San Pietro,</p> <p>its sides towering over us blue and white and filthy with night.<br />It hissed, cracked open, impatie ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria/173-states-of-poetry-victoria/3030-states-of-poetry-victoria-before-i-speak-by-kevin-brophy">States of Poetry 2016 - Victoria | 'Before I speak' by Kevin Brophy</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/author/1197-kevinbrophy">Kevin Brophy</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria" title="States of Poetry Victoria - Series One">States of Poetry Victoria - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>This poem has not yet been written<br />and before it is I want to say I respect<br />the President of the United States,<br />the man himself and his office</p> <p>and I respect what the people<br />mean when they say <em>Democracy</em><br />though I do not know what this<br />might have to do with being armed</p> <p>and having put these points like this<br />as plainly as possible<br />on t ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria/173-states-of-poetry-victoria/3031-states-of-poetry-victoria-magically-by-kevin-brophy">States of Poetry 2016 - Victoria | 'Magically' by Kevin Brophy</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/author/1197-kevinbrophy">Kevin Brophy</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria" title="States of Poetry Victoria - Series One">States of Poetry Victoria - Series One</a></div> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p>You woke with a headache<br />and opened the bedroom window blind.<br />You bent forward as morning light came in.<br />It fell on your belly and breasts<br />and your sleep maddened hair.<br />I could hear the sickness in your voice<br />as you accepted a salad bowl to throw up in<br />and two pills with breakfast.</p> <p>The new sun tipped itself up over distant mountains<br />outside the ki ... </div> </div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader"> <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria/173-states-of-poetry-victoria/3032-states-of-poetry-victoria-siren-by-kevin-brophy">States of Poetry 2016 - Victoria | 'Siren' by Kevin Brophy</a></h2>  <div class="abr-article-review-details"><span class="Grey-Medium">by <a rel="author" href="/arts-update/arts-update-recent-reviews/author/1197-kevinbrophy">Kevin Brophy</a></span> <span class="abr-bullet">•</span> </div> <div class="abr-article-issue"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-victoria" title="States of Poetry Victoria - Series One">States of Poetry Victoria - 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