Felicity Plunkett
@felicity-plunkett.bsky.social
she / her
Poet, critic, editor
Poetry Editor, Australian Book Review
Vanishing Point, A Kinder Sea, Seastrands, Thirty Australian Poets (ed.)
Poet, critic, editor
Poetry Editor, Australian Book Review
Vanishing Point, A Kinder Sea, Seastrands, Thirty Australian Poets (ed.)
I will listen to this immediately. And same for me, with PJ. It was one of the best gigs I’ve been to (and I have been to / reviewed / etc) a vast number! I’d also count Dirty 3 gigs in the early days — Newtown pubs, a handful of people listening — among them. Here’s Polly…
November 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I will listen to this immediately. And same for me, with PJ. It was one of the best gigs I’ve been to (and I have been to / reviewed / etc) a vast number! I’d also count Dirty 3 gigs in the early days — Newtown pubs, a handful of people listening — among them. Here’s Polly…
I love this description, Gordon. Here’s a (far less wonderful!) shot of Mick’s set at the Sydney Opera House forecourt in March, supporting PJ Harvey. He was superb. Guessing you’re a Dirty 3 fan / attender-of-gigs-for-decades, like me?
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I love this description, Gordon. Here’s a (far less wonderful!) shot of Mick’s set at the Sydney Opera House forecourt in March, supporting PJ Harvey. He was superb. Guessing you’re a Dirty 3 fan / attender-of-gigs-for-decades, like me?
I am no older in the night now than I was when a child; ghosts pepper shadows unevenly.
excerpt from ‘Old Ghost Dogs’ by Birri-Gubba and Mununjali poet Samuel Wagan Watson
portrait 📷 by Helen Kassila
excerpt from ‘Old Ghost Dogs’ by Birri-Gubba and Mununjali poet Samuel Wagan Watson
portrait 📷 by Helen Kassila
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I am no older in the night now than I was when a child; ghosts pepper shadows unevenly.
excerpt from ‘Old Ghost Dogs’ by Birri-Gubba and Mununjali poet Samuel Wagan Watson
portrait 📷 by Helen Kassila
excerpt from ‘Old Ghost Dogs’ by Birri-Gubba and Mununjali poet Samuel Wagan Watson
portrait 📷 by Helen Kassila
Sylvia Plath, born 27th October, 1932
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Sylvia Plath, born 27th October, 1932
Thanks, Eileen. Took this for you today. Magnolia update 💗
July 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Thanks, Eileen. Took this for you today. Magnolia update 💗
Newtown rainbow
Gadigal country
Gadigal country
May 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Newtown rainbow
Gadigal country
Gadigal country
Oh! That needs editing. Meanwhile, a Dobson poem in ABR this month.
May 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Oh! That needs editing. Meanwhile, a Dobson poem in ABR this month.
Shizuka Omori, translated by Yuki Tanaka, in The Poetry Review @poetrysociety.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Shizuka Omori, translated by Yuki Tanaka, in The Poetry Review @poetrysociety.bsky.social
‘the chalky children of evermore’
~ P.J. Harvey
~ P.J. Harvey
March 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
‘the chalky children of evermore’
~ P.J. Harvey
~ P.J. Harvey
My review of @eileenchongpoet.bsky.social’s superb new poetry collection, We Speak of Flowers:
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
March 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
My review of @eileenchongpoet.bsky.social’s superb new poetry collection, We Speak of Flowers:
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
‘the indefatigable hoof-taps’
Sylvia Plath, ‘Words’
27.10.32 — 11.2.63
Sylvia Plath, ‘Words’
27.10.32 — 11.2.63
February 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
‘the indefatigable hoof-taps’
Sylvia Plath, ‘Words’
27.10.32 — 11.2.63
Sylvia Plath, ‘Words’
27.10.32 — 11.2.63
Loved this for its looping, layered narrative, its London-walking and what it says about exile and friendship
#hishammatar
#myfriends
#hishammatar
#myfriends
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Loved this for its looping, layered narrative, its London-walking and what it says about exile and friendship
#hishammatar
#myfriends
#hishammatar
#myfriends
Yuko Tsushima’s Territory of Light (1978, trans. Geraldine Harcourt, 2018) is striking for its enclosed, inward connected stories (a fractured novella?), its anticipation of autofiction and what it captures about being a single mother (rarely depicted, at least with much insight).
December 27, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Yuko Tsushima’s Territory of Light (1978, trans. Geraldine Harcourt, 2018) is striking for its enclosed, inward connected stories (a fractured novella?), its anticipation of autofiction and what it captures about being a single mother (rarely depicted, at least with much insight).
Morning heart-light, for anyone who needs it ✨
December 23, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Morning heart-light, for anyone who needs it ✨
Respect for the tenacity and focus of this rainbow lorikeet 🦜
December 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Respect for the tenacity and focus of this rainbow lorikeet 🦜
This year’s Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. I’m very happy my poem ‘Tender’ is part of it, and in such good company.
December 17, 2024 at 1:58 AM
This year’s Best of Australian Poems is a superb anthology, edited by luminaries Kate Lilley and @shastradeo.bsky.social. I’m very happy my poem ‘Tender’ is part of it, and in such good company.
Who knew flowers had a voice?
Ali Smith, How to Be Both
(On D’harawal Country)
Ali Smith, How to Be Both
(On D’harawal Country)
December 8, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Who knew flowers had a voice?
Ali Smith, How to Be Both
(On D’harawal Country)
Ali Smith, How to Be Both
(On D’harawal Country)
Quiet rainbow (especially for @stuartabarnes.bsky.social 🌈❤️)
December 4, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Quiet rainbow (especially for @stuartabarnes.bsky.social 🌈❤️)
Echidna, on D’harawal country — filmed from a respectful distance
November 23, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Echidna, on D’harawal country — filmed from a respectful distance
Terning
(and please let me know if you know what they are, if not terns!)
(and please let me know if you know what they are, if not terns!)
November 23, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Terning
(and please let me know if you know what they are, if not terns!)
(and please let me know if you know what they are, if not terns!)
Beautiful D’harawal Country
November 21, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Beautiful D’harawal Country
Even flying
is born
out of nothing.
Li-Young Lee, ‘One Heart’
is born
out of nothing.
Li-Young Lee, ‘One Heart’
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Even flying
is born
out of nothing.
Li-Young Lee, ‘One Heart’
is born
out of nothing.
Li-Young Lee, ‘One Heart’
I think of these people as my blue correspondents, whose job it is to send me blue reports from the field.
Maggie Nelson, Bluets (15)
Maggie Nelson, Bluets (15)
November 17, 2024 at 5:16 AM
I think of these people as my blue correspondents, whose job it is to send me blue reports from the field.
Maggie Nelson, Bluets (15)
Maggie Nelson, Bluets (15)
Tacita Dean, LA Magic Hour #3, 2021. Hand-drawn, multi-colour blend lithograph
November 15, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Tacita Dean, LA Magic Hour #3, 2021. Hand-drawn, multi-colour blend lithograph
Sightings, flashes, hints: // A proud tree in vivid sun, branches / Swaying in strong wind. Rain / Hurling itself at the roof.
Tracy K Smith, ‘The Angels’
Tracy K Smith, ‘The Angels’
September 26, 2023 at 1:34 AM
Sightings, flashes, hints: // A proud tree in vivid sun, branches / Swaying in strong wind. Rain / Hurling itself at the roof.
Tracy K Smith, ‘The Angels’
Tracy K Smith, ‘The Angels’