Rabbit 34: Reportage
By (Author) Jessica L. Wilkinson
Rabbit
Rabbit
1st March 2022
Australia
Paperback
268
Width 135mm, Height 210mm
William Carlos Williams once wrote, in his poem Asphodel, That Greeny Flower, that It is difficult / to get the news from poems / yet men die miserably every day / for lack / of what is found there. Hes telling us that, while we cant rely on poetry to deliver news bulletins, poems do offer something vital that we would do well to take in equal doses to our daily news consumption. So, what is this vital aspector aspectsthat can be found in poems This issue of Rabbit explores the potential of the reportage poem to attend to and evoke this vital aspect. Featuring poems by Emilie Collyer, Nandi Chinna, Sara M Saleh, Pam Brown & Emily Stewart, Alicia Sometimes, Ellen van Neervan and more.