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Barbara De Franceschi

Barbara De Franceschi is an arid zone poet from Broken Hill. Besides three collections of poetry her work has been published widely in Australia, in other countries and on-line. Barbara has served as ‘artist-in-residence’ for the NSW University Department of Rural Health to promote Art in Health for undergraduate health-science students.

How Could You

In darkness slicked with humidity, I practice nocturnal habits scented by anal secretions. Milked glands daub human skin, rain-soaked undergrowth breeds my musky smell. Maligned for the spread of a deadly virus, I am culled in a blame-dance seeking revenge. …

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Hell Opens

on the fetid pant of dusk

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Mining the Idyllic

Coming off night shift I trudge a dusty path to transportable simulated comforts. With body clock out of sync and lungs dehydrated, I try to justify this fly-in/ fly-out location infested with hard hats and steel-toed boots. Toxic the camp …

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