EDITORIAL



So long – and thanks for all the poetry!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by David Prater

This issue of Cordite Poetry Review is my last as Managing Editor. After eleven years I feel that the time has come for renewal and fresh energy. Therefore I’m also very pleased to announce, after a lengthy selection process, that …

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David G. Lanoue: Welcome to Haikunaut

Posted on February 8, 2009 by David Lanoue

I came to the haiku world 26 years ago with just one desire: to translate the poetry of Issa – some 20,000 verses, only a tiny fraction of which had appeared in English at the time. I plunged into Japanese …

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Domesticated Enemies

Posted on April 24, 2005 by David Prater

Our 21st issue, Domestic Enemy, sees Cordite finally obtain its majority! From our humble beginnings in 1997, it's been a long and dusty road, filled with many pit-stops, refuels, vehicle and driver changes, roadblocks, fake abductions, detours and [insert your …

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Cordite #11 – Copyleft

Posted on September 22, 2002 by David Prater

The theme for this, the 11th issue of Cordite and our fifth online, is copyleft. As one contributor recently asked: “What the #$%! is that?” It's a good question.

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Issue #9 – Music

Posted on September 23, 2001 by David Prater

A few weeks ago a friend pointed out to me that if you type www.cordite.com.au into a web browser and, as the saying goes, 'run it through the Internet', you'll find not this site (we're steadfastly .org) but a guns …

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Issue #8 – Festivals

Posted on June 21, 2001 by David Prater

Welcome to the first Internet-only issue of Cordite. Issue #8 reflects a period of transition within Cordite. Migrating to the Web has been a difficult and confusing process, with which we have not yet fully come to grips. We now …

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Editorial (Issue 5)

Posted on January 6, 2001 by Adrian Wiggins

That Prime Minister John Howard saw the need to involve a poet in the writing of his draft constitutional preamble (purportedly an ‘aspirational document’, but interpretations vary) is, on the face of it, a good thing.This suggests that in moments …

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Editorial (Issue 4)

Posted on January 4, 2001 by Adrian Wiggins

As some readers may already be aware, Peter Minter has left CORDITE to pursue other poetic projects – which should result in more interesting poetry publications in the near future. Peter’s vital founding involvement set CORDITE on a path of …

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Editorial (Issue 3)

Posted on January 3, 2001 by Adrian Wiggins

This issue of CORDITE is dedicated to the memory of John Forbes (1950–98). The involvement of the Next Wave Festival with this issue of CORDITE is the pleasing result of an approach made to CORDITE by Kerry Watson, text coordinator …

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Editorial (Issue 2)

Posted on January 2, 2001 by Cordite Poetry Review

We couldn’t find any editorial text from Issue 2, so we assume Cath Barcan’s photo is it. Nice!

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Editorial (Issue 1)

Posted on January 1, 2001 by Cordite Poetry Review

Cordite, Australia’s first national poetry and poetics tabloid, is committed to the publication of the best poetry, written in any genre, and the best ideas, commentaries and discussion of what it means to write, read or think about poetry. Ginsberg …

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