Cordite Poetry Review #18 ROOTS

Our cover image, by Cordite reviews editor Ivy Alvarez, was taken on location in the wild west of the USA.
From the EDITORIAL:
It's been a hectic couple of months here in the Cordite bunker, following our server crash and its attendant dramas. Nevertheless, we're pleased as punch to announce that Cordite has come of age, with our 18th issue now online!
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FEATURES
Zoe Dattner admits: "I began to develop an obsession of sorts, that has since become an affection, for those unsung heroes, the Greeting Card writers." Find out how to get a job writing for Hallmark, and what Kokomo Jr (left) has got to do with it. Zo!
MEDIA
Konrad McCarthy, a writer and graphic novelist from Melbourne, gets right to the roots of the matter down on the farm in a perturbing yet compelling piece of interactive Flash (you'll need a Flash player in order to view this piece) - Ko! Plus, check out a three part photo essay by Louise Molloy, featuring red forest roots and socks! Lo!

18 ROOTS
Poetry Editor: Liam Ferney

Nick Whittock
india vs australia 03/04

Vernyce Dannells
I 'member

David W. McFadden
A Very Calm Demeanour,
A Little Kindness

Emily Finlay
grass

Kate Fagan
Single Line Poem
Robertson Panegyrical

Alan Wearne
Girls on the Avenue

Adam Aitken
Lament:
the Chicken Rice Hawker, Penang

Luke Beesley
N, Fin de Siecle

rob mclennan
credo

Joel Deane
King Kong

Ouyang Yu
Hobart, 2003,
Back to the Colonial Times

Nigel McLoughlin
Bridge of Tears

Jaya Savige
national museum

AUDIO
Prick up your ears: we're re-designing our audio page to cope with the fact that this year, Cordite is a part of the beast that is the Babble Open Mic. Check out the schedule of forthcoming features, and download hot new mp3s by alicia sometimes, Chloe Jackson Wilmott, Richard Stearne, Wayne Meredith, Crazy Elf and more! Yo!
REVIEWS
DJ Huppatz on new Singaporean poetry; James Stuart on Robert Adamson's autobiography Inside Out (pictured left); Brentley Frazer on MTC Cronin's latest volume; Bev Braune on Pam Brown and Melissa Ashley; Matt Hetherington on Dan Disney; Adam Aitken in search of Phil Hammial; and Komninos Zervos reviews papertiger #3 ... Go!