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As 2025 drew to a close I was excited to find my work featured in two anthologies, the Best of Australian Poems 2025, edited by Nam Le and Jill Jones (Australian Poetry) and The Stony Thursday Book 50th Anniversary Edition, edited by John Liddy & Jim Burke (Limerick Arts Office, Republic of Ireland).
Le and Jones chose ‘Shadow Birds’, a poem from my 5 Islands Press collection, The Office of Literary Endeavours, for the Best of Australian Poems 2025 and it was great to see this short poem that I tried to pour so much into, included in the anthology.
Liddy and Burke selected ‘Knitting’ for The Stony Thursday Book 50th Anniversary Edition. Knitting is a new poem, once again quite short, but a poem I have been working on for well over 5 years. It is wonderful to see it finally emerge into the light of day. I was particular pleased to have been included in this anthology, which is one of Ireland’s longest running literary publications and to be in the company of so many wonderful poets. My only regret was that my trip to Ireland this year did not coincide with the launch!
Over the next few weeks I look forward to working my way through each of these publications – a great way to start the new year!
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