apparently

Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry 

The poems collected in apparently appear like visions, intensely experienced but barelyreal. Where does a poem come from? Over four sections this question isconsidered. The first section gathers poems spring-boarding from the clues andsolutions to crossword puzzles; the second recounts unsettling dreams in theform of prose poems or microfictions; 'dial', the longest section, acknowledgesthe bewildering sense of daily time and the dizzying spectacle of social andworldly matters contained within. Finally, from a more restful or relaxedvantage, 'the random couch' presents a number of drifting poems, written whilethe poet was lounging on the sofa.

Praisefor Joanne Burns's poetry:

'Itis a fascinating achievement that Burns is able to confront the surface din andwreckage of society and bring us through the other side as readers with ahealthier pulse.' - Jessica L. Wilkinson

'Withsubtlety and skill [Burns] reprises her spare yet concentrated appraisal of thepolis, the legends and strands of the indigenous, inter-generational,confessional, and archaic presences that wash up upon its shores and into hernet of words.' - Cordite Poetry Review