The seventh splendid issue of the Pocketry Almanack was published in July 20233. It contains verse and art to beguile and bewitch from the below wordsmiths and artists.
Carly Beth is a poet and teacher living on Wadjuk Noongar Boodja with her wife and four foster children. Her writing explores topics of girlhood, womanhood, queerness, gender and sexuality.
Chloe Hillary is a lawyer by trade, mum by day and writer by night. She grew up in Adelaide and now, drawn to the ocean and its creatures, lives in North Bondi on the beautiful, unceded land of the Bidjigal and Gadigal people. She is currently working on a novel.
Bri Horne (she/her) is an emerging poet and photographic artist based on Boon Wurrung and Bunurong Country on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Grounded in the embodiment of deep sensitivity and empathy, Bri explores the connection between self and the natural world — guided by the knowing that as humans, we are not separate to nature, we are nature. (photograph by @eettstudios)
Vanessa Meckes is a visual artist living in the Yarra Ranges. Her aesthetic is informed by surrealism and concepts relating to her personal and domestic life. She employs drawing, painting, collage, printmaking and sculpture to explore feelings of personal authenticity, frustration, humour, loneliness and nostalgia. Meckes’ formal training is in art education and art curatorship.
Lynette Natasha is a Malaysian-born, Melbourne-based writer. Coming from a cocktail of cultures, her work explores the themes of belonging, dualities, personal development, mental health and the complexities of being human. She is still trying to figure out the answers. Follow more of her on work @lynettenatasha.
Andi Stewart is a queer galaxy in the shape of a poem. His poetry hits the sweet spot between radical honesty and just-uncomfortable-enough to warrant second place. His words explore Queer theory; trans, true, and toxic masculinity; God; and the emotions that are only tangible through copious amounts of metaphors.
Jake Tarasenko is an award-winning musician and failed philosopher, born, raised and mortgaged in Western Sydney. His work is mostly written on stolen land and touches on themes of identity, belonging, lack, and loss.
Some Notes on the Seventh Issue
The illustration for the inside page of the Almanack is a photograph of the endpapers of the vintage book, Sketches by Bozby Charles Dickens (1877, Chapman and Hall).
In keeping with the zine format, the Pocketry Almanack has been printed multiple times and folded by hand.
