Sport 40: 2012
Contents
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An Englishman, an Irishman and a Welshman walk into Pä — by Tina Makereti p. 5
- Origins p. 5
- Grandmothers p. 6
- What will be remembered p. 7
- Grandfathers p. 8
- The Englishman p. 9
- The Irishman p. 13
- The Welshman p. 16
- Keeping company p. 19
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Hera Lindsay Bird p. 21
- The universal colour for go — by Hera Lindsay Bird p. 21
- Love — by Hera Lindsay Bird p. 22
- Vanishing acts — by Hera Lindsay Bird p. 23
- And together we fight crime — by Hera Lindsay Bird p. 24
- Oh, Abraham Lincoln, kiss me harder — by Hera Lindsay Bird p. 25
- The question poem — by Bill Manhire p. 26
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Kerrin P. Sharpe p. 28
- When Gerry Thinks of Angels He Hears Their Wings — by Kerrin P. Sharpe p. 28
- The Alchemy of Snow — by Kerrin P. Sharpe p. 30
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Elizabeth Nannestad p. 32
- The Gold Day Has Dimmed — by Elizabeth Nannestad p. 32
- Butterflies — by Elizabeth Nannestad p. 33
- Be Not Afraid of the Dark — by Elizabeth Nannestad p. 34
- All About Spring Green — by Elizabeth Nannestad
- House Abandoned — by Elizabeth Nannestad p. 35
- Why you should not stick to writing about what you know — by Elizabeth Nannestad p. 36
- Poet Hard at Work — by Elizabeth Nannestad p. 37
- The Harmonious Development of Man — Chapter 1 of a novel — by Aorewa McLeod p. 38
- Bamako: Bud — by Rachel Sawaya p. 57
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Holly Painter p. 62
- We get on — by Holly Painter p. 62
- Uretiti — by Holly Painter p. 63
- Early — by Paula Green p. 64
- Leaves — by Anna Taylor p. 66
- Bug Week — by Airini Beautrais p. 77
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Andrew Johnston p. 90
- Alpha — by Andrew Johnston p. 90
- Bravo — by Andrew Johnston
- Charlie — by Andrew Johnston p. 91
- Sierra — by Andrew Johnston
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Catherine Vidler p. 92
- Owls — by Catherine Vidler p. 92
- Poem after reading Yang Mu — by Catherine Vidler p. 93
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Bill Nelson p. 94
- Structural Evidence — by Bill Nelson p. 94
- Naturewalk — by Bill Nelson p. 95
- Pronoun Rain — by Bill Nelson p. 96
- Fado for Gran — by Mikaela Nyman p. 97
- Vana Manasiadis p. 106
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Helen Heath p. 108
- And yet it moves — by Helen Heath p. 108
- Faith in this world — by Helen Heath p. 109
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Johanna Emeney p. 110
- Glass bowl with pink swirls — by Johanna Emeney p. 110
- Sick Room — by Johanna Emeney p. 111
- Lines overheard at the teaching hospital — by Johanna Emeney
- What the Plane Crash Made of Her — by Melissa Day Reid p. 112
- This Is Not About Freud — by Rosabel Tan p. 125
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Aleksandra Lane p. 138
- Earrings — by Aleksandra Lane p. 138
- The coming of age of aluminium — by Aleksandra Lane
- Frog hunt — by Aleksandra Lane p. 139
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Michael Hulse p. 140
- Quod Scripsi Scripsi — by Michael Hulse p. 140
- Arse Over Tip — by Michael Hulse p. 141
- The Half-Life of Jesus — by Michael Hulse p. 142
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Kate Camp p. 144
- Snow White’s Coffin — by Kate Camp p. 144
- Self-adhesive horror stickers — by Kate Camp p. 147
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Ashleigh Young p. 148
- Badly stuffed animals — by Ashleigh Young p. 148
- One day I woke up and all the similes were gone — by Ashleigh Young p. 150
- Brothers and Sisters — A Grimm tale — by Elizabeth Knox p. 151
- from Max Gate — a novel-in-progress — by Damien Wilkins p. 155
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Michael Krüger p. 167
- Fair Copy — by Michael Krüger p. 167
- Tübingen, in January — by Michael Krüger p. 168
- About Shadows — by Michael Krüger
- Water Skaters — by Michael Krüger p. 169
- The Spider — by Michael Krüger
- Late September — by Michael Krüger p. 170
- Last Train — by Michael Krüger p. 171
- Anonymous Letter — by Michael Krüger
- After the Rain — by Michael Krüger p. 172
- About Childhood — by Michael Krüger
- Wooden House — by Michael Krüger p. 173
- Crow-biter — by Michael Krüger
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Uljana Wolf p. 174
- to the kreisau dogs — by Uljana Wolf p. 174
- postscript to the kreisau dogs — by Uljana Wolf p. 175
- translation — by Uljana Wolf p. 176
- kochanie I’ve bought bread — by Uljana Wolf p. 177
- the worn out dancing shoes — by Uljana Wolf p. 178
- nursery rhyme — by Uljana Wolf p. 179
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Raoul Schrott p. 180
- A HISTORY OF SCRIPT III — by Raoul Schrott p. 180
- ON THE SUBLIME III — by Raoul Schrott p. 181
- PHYSICAL OPTICS VII — by Raoul Schrott p. 182
- FIGURES III—THE DAUGHTER OF DIOMEDES — by Raoul Schrott p. 183
- MASACCIO —IL TRIBUTO — by Raoul Schrott p. 184
- On the Consumption of Books — by Juli Zeh p. 185
- Borrowed Feathers or The Zeisig Talent — by Clemens J. Setz p. 190
- Telling It Like It Is — by Jan Wagner p. 200
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Jan Wagner p. 205
- chameleon — by Jan Wagner p. 205
- on lake michigan — by Jan Wagner p. 206
- meteorite — by Jan Wagner p. 207
- hops — by Jan Wagner p. 208
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Daniela Seel p. 209
- [Untitled] — by Daniela Seel p. 209
- [Untitled] — by Daniela Seel p. 210
- [Untitled] — by Daniela Seel p. 211
- [Untitled] — by Daniela Seel
- meaning the extinguishing of the eyes — by Daniela Seel p. 212
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Maja Haderlap p. 213
- piran — by Maja Haderlap p. 213
- [Untitled] — by Maja Haderlap p. 214
- when my language left me — by Maja Haderlap p. 215
- what was — by Maja Haderlap p. 216
- [Untitled] — by Maja Haderlap p. 217
- from Heimstraße 52 — by Selim Özdogan p. 218
- from The Story of My Evaluation at the Beginning of the Third Millennium — by PeterLicht p. 228
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Michael Roes p. 232
- In the Land of Deaf-Mutes — by Michael Roes p. 232
- Layla and Majnun — by Michael Roes p. 233
- Marginal Notes — by Michael Roes p. 235
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Esther Dischereit p. 236
- Kissing Terry in the Rain — by Esther Dischereit p. 236
- Gaski — by Esther Dischereit p. 237
- [Untitled] — by Esther Dischereit p. 238
- [Untitled] — by Esther Dischereit p. 239
- [Untitled] — by Esther Dischereit
- Prose Variations — by Michael Donhauser p. 240
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from Things That Disappear — by Jenny Erpenbeck p. 242
- Cheese and Socks p. 242
- Mietzel p. 243
- Warsaw Ghetto p. 245
- Youth p. 246
- Death Valley, Disneyland, Death Valley — by Thomas Pletzinger p. 248
- from Nicotine — by Gregor Hens p. 257
- About Me — by Ulrike Almut Sandig p. 260
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Ulrike Almut Sandig p. 266
- it’s later than you think, laurentia — by Ulrike Almut Sandig p. 266
- [Untitled] — by Ulrike Almut Sandig p. 267
- [Untitled] — by Ulrike Almut Sandig p. 268
- [Untitled] — by Ulrike Almut Sandig
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Judith Zander p. 269
- flutter — by Judith Zander p. 269
- or dawn — by Judith Zander p. 270
- heading home — by Judith Zander p. 271
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Durs Grünbein p. 272
- Astronaut in October — by Durs Grünbein p. 272
- Infanta in the Gravel Shower — by Durs Grünbein p. 273
- The fairytale of the totally symmetrical butterfly — by Dietmar Dath p. 274
- from What Darkness Was — by Inka Parei p. 287
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Alexander Kluge p. 297
- A Treasure in China — by Alexander Kluge p. 297
- Naked, As We Were — by Alexander Kluge p. 298
- The Six-Year-Old In Me and the Starry Sky Above Me — by Alexander Kluge p. 299
- My brother’s blood — by Lawrence Patchett p. 300
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Cliff Fell p. 328
- To This — by Cliff Fell p. 328
- I have tried to write you — by Cliff Fell p. 329
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Maria McMillan p. 330
- Abyssal Plains — by Maria McMillan p. 330
- salt marsh and tidal inlet — by Maria McMillan p. 331
- Broken — by Maria McMillan
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Ruth Upperton p. 332
- Department of Immigration — by Ruth Upperton p. 332
- Dutch instruction — by Ruth Upperton p. 333
- The prosecution — by Ruth Upperton p. 334
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James Brown p. 335
- I’m — by James Brown p. 335
- The Trialist — by James Brown p. 336
- Needs Work — by James Brown p. 338
- A structure of a plant that contains its seeds — by Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle p. 341
- Winter’s Child — by Hannah Jolly p. 347
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Museum Pieces — by Chris Price p. 353
- Feathers, bones, beaks and feet p. 353
- [subsection] p. 354
- [subsection] p. 355
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- Song of la chouette p. 357
- Religion (ii) p. 358
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- Pope Alexander VI prepares his benediction p. 361
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Louise Wallace p. 362
- Without any doves or laurel — by Louise Wallace p. 362
- The feijoas are falling from the trees — by Louise Wallace p. 363
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Lynley Edmeades p. 364
- Meal — by Lynley Edmeades p. 364
- The Order of Things — by Lynley Edmeades p. 365
- Cartography — by Trevor Hayes p. 366
- Rankine Brown — by Pip Adam p. 367
- Bacteria — by Susanna Gendall p. 373
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Bernadette Hall p. 380
- The Book — by Bernadette Hall p. 380
- Just a moment, please — by Bernadette Hall p. 381
- Passion Fruit — by Bernadette Hall
- The View from the Lookout — by Bernadette Hall p. 382
- Lullaby — by Sarah Jane Barnett p. 383
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Jo Thorpe p. 384
- Medea Reading — by Jo Thorpe p. 384
- Phoebe and her Charge at the Café Bella Figura — by Jo Thorpe p. 386
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Frankie McMillan p. 388
- 1925 Henry Soutter does the unthinkable — by Frankie McMillan p. 388
- In the corner of my mind, a boy — by Frankie McMillan p. 389
- Channelling — by Victoria Broome p. 390
- Spill It — by Helen Lehndorf p. 391
- The Swing Bridge — by Lucy Kirton p. 392
- Cowboy — by Gemma Bowker-Wright p. 401
- Rachel Bush — Thought Horses — by Rachel Bush p. 416
- Now is the season of stone fruit — by Virginia Were p. 418
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Marty Smith p. 420
- Dawn horses — by Marty Smith p. 420
- Tell the horses not to be angry — by Marty Smith
- Dad’s horses — by Marty Smith p. 421
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Frances Samuel
- Traveller’s Luck — by Frances Samuel p. 422
- Sleeping on horseback — by Frances Samuel p. 423
- Lost in the gulches and the sages — by André Gifkins p. 425
- After Reading an Anthology — by Robert Gernhard p. 444
- Contributors p. 445
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An Englishman, an Irishman and a Welshman walk into Pä — by Tina Makereti p. 5