NB. ‘Magpie’ contains echoes of phrases from:
‘the shadow’s keep’, by John Anderson
‘Nightmare’, by Willy Cooper-Kalliguru (trans. Brandenstein, C.G. & Thomas, A.P.)
‘The Magpies’, by Dennis Glover
‘Magpies’, by Judith Wright
About Stuart Cooke
Stuart Cooke’s latest book is the poetry collection
The grass is greener over your grave (2023). A collection of essays,
Apples & Oranges: adventures in poetics, is forthcoming in 2025. He is Associate Professor of Creative Writing & Literary Studies at Griffith University.
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