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Judith Beveridge

Judith Beveridge is one of Australia’s most acclaimed poets. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award and the New South Wales and Victorian Premiers’ Awards, she is a highly regarded critic, editor and teacher of poetry. She has published seven collections of poetry, most recently Sun Music: New and Selected Poems. She is a recipient of the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal and the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. She was poetry editor for Meanjin from 2005 to 2015, and co-editor of the anthology Contemporary Australian Poetry.

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Articles

Remembering Dorothy

HEAT 19. Trappers Way
2009

What was always apparent at the outset, however, was her passion for what she did and for who she was. Dot was never, nor ever would be, a wallflower or a shrinking violet – instead she approached life with a kind of bravado and swagger that I could only envy. She knew she was a peculiar talent and she did everything she could to realise her potential.

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Animal Poems

HEAT Series 3 Number 8
2023

The Leech / You’re a sycophant, repugnant. Vile bacchant— /
you suck and glut, fill like a slimy phial. No denial /
of the claret in our veins. Fat phlebotomist, /
yes, you were used to treat ailments—fevers, gout, /
haemorrhoids, headaches, clots, bleeding wounds /
and gums—you thrived, made doctors rich.

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