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 1 6 November 2026 · Friday Fiction Headland Harry Goddard He must have still been sore. I could tell from the winces he made as he scooted down the trail. Some unspoken agreement of not hitting other people’s children — and the circumstances of me not being that type of kid — spared me from the same punishment. I was taken to my parents who agreed I would have to work off the damages, and I must have mowed the lawn once, or cleaned the family car. 4 November 2026 · Film MIFF, Minotaur and the politics of maternal reception Alicia Byrnes Maternal labour is, in the terms I’ve set out here, not labour at all. Noisy, unfocused, mobile, perhaps even sleepy — it is an affront to arthouse film viewing and therefore unserious.
