Photograph © Harrison Warne ⌖ BAREKNUCKLE POET JOURNAL OF LETTERS: EDITORIAL APRIL 06, 2018 A Note to Non-Indigenous Australian Poets Judith Wright, (et al.) hit the shin with a sledge hammer when she said Australia is a landscape without echoes for the non-indigenous poet. [1] If I present my love with a rose we both know the symbolism, more »
Dear Readers & Writers After a bit of down time Bareknuckle Poet has weathered a few blows, regained foothold and delivered a lovely right uppercut to the opponent Circumstance. For all our dedicated readers, expect the unexpected as we bring you new writing from the pale blue dot and writers, help us tear out the more »
Anthony Lawrence two poems from Headwaters 2015. Anthony Lawrence is one of Australia’s leading poets. In 2015 Lawrence was awarded the Philip Hokgins medal and in 2017 won the Prime Ministers award for Headwaters (Pitt Street Poetry, 2016) These two poems were first published by Bareknuckle Poet in our inaugural annual Anthology Vol.1, 2015 more »
rail of moon, a stone black sun burning down & east her milk & blood alone knows the egg nilotic white like wax or beauty dies passes soil a breath a crawl of colour bed or moon noise & voice & like a corpse beloved her shaded bird
Samuel Wagan Watson State and National Award-winning poet and professional narrator and storyteller, Samuel Wagan Watson has Irish, German, Dutch, and Aboriginal (Munaldjali and Birri Gubba) ancestry. He is the son of prominent Brisbane-based academic, writer and activist Sam Watson. Born in Brisbane Watson spent much of his earlier life on the fringe of the Sunshine more »
Spree by Ian McBryde Ian McBryde Spree: a videopoem. Canadian-born Ian McBryde is a long term resident of Australia. Throughout his career, Ian has practiced in a number of mediums including photography, music, illustration and, predominately, poetry. McBryde’s We the Mapless: New and Selected Poems (2017) is available now ⇲ http://www.bareknucklebooks.com/authors/ian-mcbryde/ Poet: Ian McBryde | Nationality: Australia, Canada | Filmmaker: Martin Kelly more »
Frank O’Hara ~ In Memory Fifty Years Poetry by Frank O’Hara, Allen Ginsberg, Bill Berkson and John Ashbery Introduction by A. G. Pettet Ashbery Berkson Ginsberg O’Hara. Frank O’Hara played a part in creating what is known as the ‘New York School’ of poets. Heavily influenced by surrealism and modernism the poetry of the New York more »
Due to a perfect storm of commitments Bareknuckle Poet Journal of Letters will resume publishing on a regular basis February 2017. Visit Bareknuckle Books to keep up-to-date with our latest print titles. Order Anthology 1+2 or visit the home of Bareknuckle Books at TITLE Bookshop 1/133A Grey St, South Brisbane QLD 4101 and pick up a more »
Frank O’Hara, you left us 50 years ago, July 26, 1966 & we’ve put together a bumper issue of Bareknuckle Poet Anthology in your memory & even if no one buys it at least it’ll be sitting in the National Library of Canberra for a few more generations, to show we cared. We love you, more »