Published in Overland Issue 223 Winter 2016 · Uncategorized pseudonyms for women (after Danez Smith) Anna Ryan-Punch burnt by moonlight had sustained stab wounds consequence of financial trouble in-home boxing gym promises for provocation kept to themselves til someone took them 140 characters including hyperlink possessive case light enough for carry-on ex sum of a subreddit domestic incident in waiting bloodied before the monthly blood began insulation for the crawl space (i thought to make a name for each one tallied, but who would read that long a poem?) disbelief of a quiet street Read the rest of Overland 223 – If you liked this article, please subscribe or donate. Anna Ryan-Punch Anna Ryan-Punch is a Melbourne poet and critic. Her previous publications include Westerly, Antipodes, Island, Overland, Southerly, and the new anthology Prayers of a Secular World. More by Anna Ryan-Punch › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 15 May 2026 · Friday Fiction The structure Dominic Carew We made it to the park by eight. The winter sun was filtering through the far trees in a wan, lemon trickle, the thin clouds sheets of white. The cool sky a rubbed-at blue. The grass squelched beneath our feet and elsewhere, thinned from wear, the earth stretched grassless and muddy and, in some parts, released a thick mist. 8 May 202611 May 2026 · Nakata Brophy Prize The 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers (Poetry) Editorial Team Please follow this link to enter the prize. Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 […]
