Tribulations from the digital frontier Buy this issue Mitchell Welch guest edits an online poetry edition of ‘internet poetry’ – poetry disguised as digital frustrations in the form of frontier fomes. Featuring works by Andy Connor, Liam Ferney, Laura Jean Mckay and Toby Fitch. Issue Contents Poetry Vague, or I Can’t Explain It Any Other Way Toby Fitch Dinner party Laura Jean McKay Threnody Liam Ferney Errors on page Andy Connor Editorial Tribulations from the digital frontier – an internet poetry edition Mitchell Welch Browse the issue: Poetry First published in Overland Issue 228 Published in Overland Issue Tribulations from the digital frontier · The internet Vague, or I Can’t Explain It Any Other Way Toby Fitch You have a new memory: Every practicing psychologist ever has that Japanese print of the Tsunami First published in Overland Issue 228 Published in Overland Issue Tribulations from the digital frontier · The internet Dinner party Laura Jean McKay Post: I made a terrine. So retro! Look at it. Amy: I like that. Chris: I like that too. First published in Overland Issue 228 Published in Overland Issue Tribulations from the digital frontier · The internet Threnody Liam Ferney Honeybear don’t care. Facepalm your first world problems. ‘Do you even lift annoying girl?’ First published in Overland Issue 228 Published in Overland Issue Tribulations from the digital frontier · The internet Errors on page Andy Connor ‘Errors on page’ is a found poem composed entirely from images of real Geocities websites. Editorial First published in Overland Issue 228 Published in Overland Issue Tribulations from the digital frontier · The internet Tribulations from the digital frontier – an internet poetry edition Mitchell Welch Because there’s a lawlessness online, and because there are cowboys, the idea of a digital frontier seems to be the one down-to-earth internet metaphor that just about functions. Previous Issue 232 Spring 2018 Next Issue If you've come here to help me: solidarity beyond borders