CONTRIBUTORS

Judith Beveridge

Judith Beveridge is the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently Sun Music: New and Selected Poems which won the 2019 Prime Minister’s poetry prize. She has also been awarded the Christopher Brennan and Philip Hodgins Memorial Medals for excellence in Literature. She was poetry editor for Meanjin from 2005-2016. Her work has been studied in schools and universities and has been translated into several languages.

http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/beveridge-judith

Woman in a Street Stall

She makes torn shapes above a pot; and I love to watch how the moon adds its cool, transparent edge to her lips. She tests for enough spice, enough distance, and I watch those sticks of cinnamon float among her …

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