From DV3 by Stuart Barnes

 
 

‘The bold aggrieved & cowardly respondent— / men who burst their imperfect gold box.’

Stuart Barnes’ first collection Glasshouses (UQP) won the Art Queensland Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize and was shortlisted/commended for two other awards. Currently he’s a program advisor for Queensland Poetry Festival, editor of Verity La’s Out of Limbo project, and working on his second collection, Form & Function. Twitter/Instagram: @StuartABarnes 

 
 
 

 
 
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