Elyas Alavi


PRECARIOUS Editorial: by Andy Jackson

Artwork:
15 Artworks by Elyas Alavi

Essays:
Poetry as Protest; Protest as Poetry by Dženana Vucic
Regeneration Is Not a Metaphor by Lulu Houdini
The Algae Will Stay Another Day by Mali Harkin-Noack
Time Does Not Heal All Wounds: On Writing Poetry as Document by Chimmy Meer
thalia's Enduring Shorthand Poetics by Ella Skilbeck-Porter
Fake Gamers, Real Workers by Rory Gillen

Interviews:
‘Facing the threat of our own destruction’: Ariana Reines in Conversation with Eva Birch
‘Keeping time together’: Andy Jackson in Conversation with Eleni Stecopoulos

Translations:
2 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Translations by Stuart Cooke
3 Saafi Youssef Translations by Khaled Mattawa
3 Christophe Tarkos Translations by Marty Hiatt

And 77 new poems selected by Andy Jackson:

Cassandra Dear
by Suphil Lee Park
Hometown
by Tony Beyer
Salvation
by Emilie Collyer
Family
by Raidah Shah Idil
The Brown Snake
by Judith Beveridge
Works and Days
by Robin M Eames
reckoning
by Stu Hatton
Thirsty
by Heather Taylor-Johnson
Royal Commission
by Damien Becker
The Troll Kingdom
by David Eggleton
That Sinking Feeling
by Melizarani T.Selva
troilus & Cressida Cressida
by Harrison Abbott
Discipline
by Vuong Pham
SOUNDTRACK
by Angela Gardner
Medical Espionage
by Angela Costi
Proprioception
by S J Finn
Late Responses
by Lachlan Brown
Heart of God
by Kim Cope Tait
Byways
by Gaele Sobott
Lure, Endure
by Medha Singh
Dry Mountains
by Louise Crisp
Cosmolalia
by Luke Patterson
The Hurt
by Scott-Patrick Mitchell
democracy sausage
by Sarah Gory
Ass
by Rachael Boast
Rats
by Kacey Martin
Nosedive
by Ana Morales
Unbroken
by Vek Lewis
Black + Blue(s) Plastics
by Jeremy Jacob Peretz
Chekhov’s Dog
by Ruth Larner
Project Eden
by Caitlin Maling
Evening Raga
by Estill Pollock
Side Hustle
by Geoff Sawers
Flat
by Kobus Moolman
i before e
by Troy Wong
Days
by Michael Hall
The Lammergeier Diet
by Mitchell Welch
BITE HISTORY
by Alex Creece
An bees
by Marina O
Self-Evaluation Form
by Angeli Lacson
Athabasca
by Anders Villani
HuΣanity
by Carin Smeaton
Or Archaeology
by Rafael Burlungan
Mammal response
by Kirwan Henry
Animal
by Libby Angel
Naked Snail
by Timothy Pudun
Status Effects
by Ludwig Bables
Red Right Handfish
by Stuart Barnes
Dromaius novaehollandiae
by Merinda Dutton
Brunswick Park
by Daniel Fraser
transport tissue
by Jem Rice
Fucking Autumn
by Kristen de Kline
Swamp Thing
by Juan Carlos Felipe G. Montenegro
GLIDE / ELIDE
by Eileen Chong
the writing life
by Shu-Ling Chua
from BECALMED
by Eleni Stecopoulos
Closing night
by Unity Akashvani
Slippery
by Dan Hogan
boyhood
by Andrew Flett
Little Brain
by Taliesin Don
Another Notice to Vacate
by Gayelene Carbis
 
 

CORDITE POETRY REVIEW
ISSUE 118: PRECARIOUS
Released: 3 December 2025