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Chelsea Avard |
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Blue Eyes |
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I can’t write blue-eyed poems I can write my little things I can’t make things I can make these things that hold Green-eyed things Like a hand beneath your chin
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Chelsea Avard is a writer and teacher from Adelaide. She is co-editor of the short fiction and poetry anthology The Body. She holds a PhD from The University of Adelaide, where she currently works as coordinator of the Writing Centre. Her short fiction and poetry has been included in a range of works including the Sleepers Almanac, anthologies by Wakefield Press, University of Philippines Press and Midnight Sun, and online publications Verity La and Red Fez. Her poem, ‘How We Stay’, won the 2017Verandah Literary Award.
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TEXT Vol 21 No 2 October 2017 http://www.textjournal.com.au General Editor: Nigel Krauth. Editors: Kevin Brophy, Enza Gandolfo & Julienne van Loon Creative works editor: Anthony Lawrence text@textjournal.com.au |