My first published poem, ‘Mother Russia’, appeared in Typecast, a short-lived journal issued by the proprietors of the Reasonably Good Cafe in Chippendale, Sydney, in 1991. Since then, I’ve had poems published in a wide variety of print and online journals, both in Australia and internationally. I’ve also had the good fortune to have a few published in anthologies, including one I didn’t even write. Some of the links on this page go to archived versions of online journals that are no longer active.

Treaty Man

Southerly, vol. 81, no. 1 (forthcoming, 2026).

(OCCULUS) RIFTS

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, No. 115 (2025), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/space/occulus-rifts/>. Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

Milko

Anthologised in K. Dawes (ed.), Selections from the Digital Schooner Global Fusion Series, Prairie Schooner, Vol. 98/2 (University of Nebraska: Lincoln, 2025).

O’Dowd seeks Whitman

Anthologised in J. Kinsella (ed.), The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry (Turnrow Books: Monroe, LA, 2014). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013). First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 27 (2008).

1001 Nights

Anthologised in J. Kinsella (ed.), The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry (Turnrow Books: Monroe, LA, 2014). Collected in We Will Disappear (papertiger media, 2007). First published in Overland, no. 183 (2006).

she finds her speed

Anthologised in J. Kinsella (ed.), The Turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry (Turnrow Books: Monroe, LA, 2014). Collected in We Will Disappear (papertiger media, 2007). First published in The Age, 1 May 2004.

drift: a way

First published in Continent, vol. 3, no. 2 (2013), <https://continentcontinent.cc/archives/issues/issue-3-2-2013/drift-a-way>. Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

i remember 제주도

First published in Peril, no. 14 (2012), <http://peril.com.au/back-editions/edition14/i-remember-%EC%A0%9C%EC%A3%BC%EB%8F%84/>. Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

Clouds Afternoon Jazz Sprinkles

First published in the Red Room Company’s ‘The Disappearing’ Project (2012), <http://redroomcompany.org/poem/david-prater/clouds-afternoon-jazz-sprinkles/>. Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

Wireless

First published in Overland, no. 207 (2012). Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

neenish tart

First published as part of the Booranga Writers Centre (Wagga Wagga) Bus Shelter Poetry Project (2012). Republished in FourW, no. 24 (2013).

Algae

Featured in Jacket 2 (USA) (2012), <http://jacket2.org/poems/poems-david-prater>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013). First published in Southerly, vol. 69, no. 3 (2010).

TL;DR

Featured in Jacket 2 (USA) (2012), <http://jacket2.org/poems/poems-david-prater>. First published in my chapbook Övergången (2011).

Övergången

Featured in Jacket 2 (USA) (2012), <http://jacket2.org/poems/poems-david-prater>. Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026). First published in English and Swedish in my chapbook Övergången (2011).

Sunshine for Kim Dae-jung

Featured in Jacket 2 (USA) (2012), <http://jacket2.org/poems/poems-david-prater>. Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

‘Т’га за југ’

First published in Shipwrights Review (Sweden), no. 2 (2012), <http://www.shipwrightsreview.com/tra/>. Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

(On the tomb of) José Sara­m­ago

First published in Laven­der Room Zine (2011).

Spring*

Translated into Macedonian for Struga Poetry Evenings: Poetry from Five Continents (Struga: Macedonia, 2011). First published in Southerly, vol. 64, no. 2 (2004). Collected in We Will Disappear (2007).

Kus

Winner of the June Shenfield Poetry Prize, Swinburne University of Technology, 2007. Translated into Macedonian for Struga Poetry Evenings: Poetry from Five Continents (Struga: Macedonia, 2011). Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

Sunbathing

Anthologised in F. Plunkett (ed.), Thirty Australian Poets (University of Queensland Press: Brisbane, 2011). First published in Overland, no. 193 (2008). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Oz

Anthologised in F. Plunkett (ed.), Thirty Australian Poets (University of Queensland Press: Brisbane, 2011). First published in Jacket, no. 39 (2010), <http://jacketmagazine.com/39/ra-prater.shtml>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Lady Land

Anthologised in F. Plunkett (ed.), Thirty Australian Poets (University of Queensland Press: Brisbane, 2011). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Lurker

First published in The Sun Herald (Sydney), 4 Dec. 2010. Anthologised in F. Plunkett (ed.), Thirty Australian Poets (University of Queensland Press: Brisbane, 2011).

A821.4

Anthologised in F. Plunkett (ed.), Thirty Australian Poets (University of Queensland Press: Brisbane, 2011). First published in PFS Post (USA), Dec. 2008, <http://artrecess.blogspot.com.au/2008/12/david-prater-netherlandsaustralia-a8214.html>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

(On The Tomb Of) Agnes Smedley

First published in K. Andrews (ed.), Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing 1 (Miscellaneous Press: Melbourne, 2010).

I couldn’t agree with you, more

First published in K. Andrews (ed.), Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing 1 (Miscellaneous Press: Melbourne, 2010).

Predacity

First published in FourW, no. 22 (2011). Part of the series Imaginary Cities: PC Bangs, written during my 2005 Asialink residency in Seoul.

Ozko (Envoi)

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 35.2 (2011), <http://cordite.org.au/essays/ozko-envoi/>.

Oz–Ko

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 35.1 (2011), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/ozko-hoju-hanguk/oz-ko/>.

Rivet

First published in Blackbox/Manifold (UK), no. 6 (2011), <https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/issues/issues-1-10/issue-6/david-prater>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Swagman Ted

First published in Blackbox/Manifold (UK), no. 6 (2011), <https://blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/issues/issues-1-10/issue-6/david-prater>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

dress young

First published in Page 17, no. 8 (2010). Collected in my chapbook Final Friday (2009) and later in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

That’s Buddha

Recorded live in Montreal. First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 30 (2010).

Storm Girl

First published in Kurungabaa, vol. 2, no. 2 (2010).

Merry Weather

First published in Kurungabaa, vol. 2, no. 2 (2010).

(On the Tomb of) Yun Hye-yong

First published in Ekleksographia, no. 2 (2010). Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books, 2026).

Gang Languid

First published in Southerly, vol. 69, no. 3 (2010). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Dawnward

First published in Jacket, no. 39 (2010), <http://jacketmagazine.com/39/ra-prater.shtml>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

The Campfires of the Lost

First published in Jacket, no. 39 (2010), <http://jacketmagazine.com/39/ra-prater.shtml>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Turtles for Myron Lysenko

First published in Victorian Writer, Mar. 2010.

Anti-Kraak

First published in FourW, no. 20 (2009). Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books: Castlemaine, 2026).

Poet Momentous!

First published in Blast: Poetry and Critical Writing, no. 9 (2009). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

The Germ! The Germ!

First published in YB (USA), no. 2 (2009), <http://ybjournal.blogspot.com.au/2009/11/david-prater.html>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

O

First published in Stop, Drop and Roll, no. 1 (2009). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Words from the Master

First published in Stop, Drop and Roll, no. 1 (2009). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

The first letter

First published in Stop, Drop and Roll, no. 1 (2009). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

I was the abortion

First published in Stop, Drop and Roll, no. 1 (2009). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

CHMOD RXW

First published in foam:e, no. 6 (2009), <http://www.foame.org/Issue6/poems/prater.html>.

B.A.S.E.

First published in foam:e, no. 6 (2009), <http://www.foame.org/Issue6/poems/prater.html>.

She’s An Autarky

First published in foam:e, no. 6 (2009), <http://www.foame.org/Issue6/poems/prater.html>.

Bushpo

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 29 (2008), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/pastoral/bushpo/>. Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

B’rel’n

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 29 (2008), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/pastoral/bushpo/>.

Great Big Star

First published in FourW, no. 19 (2008).

O’Dowd Seeks Whitman

First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 27 (2008). Collected in Leaves of Glass (Puncher and Wattmann, 2013).

Rain Loop

First published in Meanjin, vol. 67, no. 3 (2008).

Kerry

First published in Famous Reporter, no. 37 (2008).

Nieuw Holland

First published in Island, no. 113 (2008).

De Kraai en het Paard

First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 25 (2008).

Yer Morningness

First published in The Age, 9 Feb. 2008.

small town fsu

First published in The Otolith, Feb. 2007, <http://the-otolith.blogspot.com.au/2007/01/david-prater-small-town-fsu-rocking-my.html>.

exhale on main street

First published in The Otolith, Feb. 2007, <http://the-otolith.blogspot.com.au/2007/01/david-prater-small-town-fsu-rocking-my.html>.

alles klaar?

First published in The Otolith, Feb. 2007, <http://the-otolith.blogspot.com.au/2007/01/david-prater-small-town-fsu-rocking-my.html>.

Snowy

First published in Snorkel, no. 6 (2007), <http://www.snorkel.org.au/006/prater.html>.

new space seasons

First published in Four W, no. 18 (2007).

travelling types

First published in Overland, no. 193 (2007).

The Day Britney Died

First published in OCHO (USA) (2007). Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books: Castlemaine, 2026).

More sun than clouds sprinkles early

First published in OCHO (USA) (2007). Collected in Transition Vamps (Cordite Books: Castlemaine, 2026).

Betty Conquers All

First published in hutt, vol. 2, no. 5 (2007), <http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/37709/20070628-0004/www.papertigermedia.com/hutt/hutt2_5/prater.html>.

Walt Whitman Service Area

First published in The Age, 20 Jan. 2007.

Exes & Zeroes

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 25 (2006), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/generation-of-zeroes/david-prater-exes-zeroes/>.

The Two Faces of Zlatyu Boyadziev

First published in Mirage #4/Period[ical] (USA), Sep. 2006.

18 Fields

First published in Mirage #4/Period[ical] (USA), Sep. 2006.

Suicide airliner attacks

Anthologised in T. Swift (ed.), Babylon Burning: 9/11 five years on, Poems in aid of the Red Cross (nthposition: London, 2006).

Insurgency

First published in Eyewear (UK), Aug. 2006, <http://toddswift.blogspot.com/2006/08/poem-by-david-prater.html>.

Hoju Bihang-gi

First published in Peril, no. 2 (2006), <http://www.peril.com.au/edition2/hoju-bihang-gi>.

imaginary cities: saga

First published in Peril, no. 2 (2006), <http://www.peril.com.au/edition2/hoju-bihang-gi>.

Karin Revisited

First published in The Red Room Company’s ‘Poetry Picture Show’ Project (2006), <http://redroomcompany.org/poem/david-prater/karin-revisited/>.

The Boys Who

Audio, first published in Going Down Swinging, no. 23 (2006).

1001 Nights

First published in Overland, no. 183 (2006).

50

First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 23 (2006).

imaginary cities: heli

First published in Stylus, no. 22 (2006).

Back To the Tourist III

First published in Softblow (Singapore), 2006, <http://www.softblow.org/prater.html>.

imaginary cities: coni

First published in Softblow (Singapore), 2006, <http://www.softblow.org/prater.html>.

imaginary cities: cubi

First published in Softblow (Singapore), 2006, <http://www.softblow.org/prater.html>.

imaginary cities: dupli

First published in Snorkel, no. 3 (2006), <http://snorkel.org.au/003/prater.html>.

Machines for Living In

First published in hutt, vol. 2, no. 3 (2006), <http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/37709/20070628-0004/www.papertigermedia.com/hutt/hutt2_3/prater.html>.

Maz

First published in Luzmag (Spain), Mar. 2006, <http://luzmag.blogspot.com/2006/03/two-poems-by-david-prater-maz-have-you.html>.

Three Generations

First published in Luzmag (Spain), Mar. 2006, <http://luzmag.blogspot.com/2006/03/two-poems-by-david-prater-maz-have-you.html>.

Exes & Zeroes

First published in PFS Post (USA), Mar. 2006, <http://artrecess.blogspot.com/2006/03/david-prater-australia-two-poems.html>.

Oh God!

First published in PFS Post (USA), Mar. 2006, <http://artrecess.blogspot.com/2006/03/david-prater-australia-two-poems.html>.

Kerze 1/Kerze 2/Kerze 3

First published in foam:e, no. 3 ( 2006), <http://www.foame.org/Issue3/poems/prater.html>.

Avalon V

Anthologised in T. Swift (ed.), Future Welcome: the Moosehead Anthology X (DC Books: Montreal, 2005).

Inna

Anthologised in T. Swift (ed.), Future Welcome: the Moosehead Anthology X (DC Books: Montreal, 2005).

The Boys Who

Audio, first published in Going Down Swinging, no. 22 (2005).

Durer: Innsbruck

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 23 (2005), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/children-of-malley/abby-s-malley-durer-innsbruck-2005/>.

City Slacker

First published in Overland, no. 181 (2005).

Dying On The Vine(s)

First published in P.F.S. Post (USA), Oct. 2005, <http://artrecess.blogspot.com/2005/10/david-prater-two-poems.html>.

Eight Miles High

First published in P.F.S. Post (USA), Oct. 2005, <http://artrecess.blogspot.com/2005/10/david-prater-two-poems.html>.

in heaven it’s always raining

First published in nthposition (UK), July 2005, <http://nthposition.com/inheavenitsalways.php>.

why do you cry run lola run

First published in nthposition (UK), July 2005, <http://nthposition.com/inheavenitsalways.php>.

when we were in the wild poems

First published in nthposition (UK), July 2005, <http://nthposition.com/inheavenitsalways.php>.

funeral for democracy

First published in The Age, 20 Aug. 2005.

There’s a Wild Jack Russell in the Moon

First published in Famous Reporter, no. 31 (2005).

Dead Poem Office

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 22 (2005), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/editorial-intervention/dead-poem-office/>.

Tribesco Krowe

First published in Snorkel, no. 1 (2005), <http://snorkel.org.au/001/prater.html>.

Haiku [enjambement]

First published in Snorkel, no. 1 (2005), <http://snorkel.org.au/001/prater.html>.

Impossible Socks

First published in Snorkel, no. 1 (2005), <http://snorkel.org.au/001/prater.html>.

Kyoto crow(s)

Anthologised in V. Stevenson and T. Swift (eds), In the Criminal’s Cabinet: An Nthology of Poetry and Fiction (nthposition: London, 2004). First published in nthposition (UK), Aug. 2004, <http://www.nthposition.com/kyotocrowsamptonkatsu.php>.

Tonkatsu Zen!

First published in nthposition (UK), Aug. 2004, <http://www.nthposition.com/kyotocrowsamptonkatsu.php>.

Empires Between

First published in Southerly, vol. 64, no. 2 (2004).

Bustling

First published in Southerly, vol. 64, no. 2 (2004).

On the Tomb of Victor Bruce

Red Room Commission for Bruce Beaver (2004).

Her Royal Majesty The Queen

First published in Gutcult (USA), July 2004, <http://www.gutcult.com/litjourn4/html/prater1.html>.

America

First published in Gutcult (USA), July 2004, <http://www.gutcult.com/litjourn4/html/prater1.html>.

She Finds Her Speed

First published in The Age, 1 May 2004.

Thomas Pynchon & The Art Of Anonymity Maintenance

First published in Meanjin, vol. 63, no. 1 (2004).

We Miss You!

First published in Big Bridge (USA), no. 9 (2004), <http://www.bigbridge.org/issue9/ozprater.htm>.

Madchester

First published in Big Bridge (USA), no. 9 (2004), <http://www.bigbridge.org/issue9/ozprater.htm>.

Paladin

First published in Vibewire, Jan. 2004, <http://web.archive.org/web/20050224204938/www.vibewire.net/articles.php?id=2359>.

In a Dim Sea Nation

Anthologised in M. Duwell (ed.), The Best Australian Poetry 2003 (University of Queensland Press: Brisbane, 2004). First published on CD-ROM in Papertiger, no. 2 (2002).

‘identikit nation

First published in Fusebox (Rattapallax, USA), no. 2 (2003), <https://web.archive.org/web/20031219115545/http://www.rattapallax.com/fusebox_02poems2.htm#02_prater>.

Tor/Ode/Ich bin ein Tourist/Fassbar

First published in Gangway (Austria/ Australia), no. 29 (2003), <http://www.gangway.net/29/gangway29.4.html>.

Dexedrine Bombs

First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 21 (2003).

Cities of Pau

First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 21 (2003).

Northern Rivers Pastoral

First published in Pelt, no. 9 (2003).

5 haiku

First published in Japanese in Second World Haiku Association Conference Anthology (WHA: Saitama, 2003).

entgegengesetz

hutt, vol. 1, no. 3 (2003), <http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/37709/20070628-0004/www.papertigermedia.com/hutt/hutt03/prater.html>.

lovers/lateness

First published in hutt, vol. 1, no. 2 (2003), <http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/37709/20070628-0004/www.papertigermedia.com/hutt/hutt02/prater.html>.

We Will Disappear/Silver Rocket/Flat Out on a Highway Lined With Dim Stars

First published in Slope (USA), no. 17 (2003), <http://www.slope.org/archive/issue17/poems17prater.html>.

Ken

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 6–7 (2000), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/new-poetry/david-prater-ken/>. Anthologised in T. Swift and P. Norton (eds), Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of Fusion Poetry (Rattapallax Press: New York City, 2002).

Ma Sonic

Anthologised in T. Swift and P. Norton (eds), Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of Fusion Poetry (Rattapallax Press: New York City, 2002). First published in Just Another Art Movement (NZ), no. 17 (2002).

Last Night Betty

Anthologised in T. Swift and P. Norton (eds), Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of Fusion Poetry (Rattapallax Press: New York City, 2002).

Theme Song

First published in Just Another Art Movement (NZ), no. 17 (2002).

In a Previous Carnation

Just Another Art Movement (NZ), no. 17 (2002).

The Rise and Fall of Davey Dreamnation

Just Another Art Movement (NZ), no. 17 (2002).

Humility Publishing

Shampoo Poetry (USA), no. 11 (2002), <http://www.shampoopoetry.com/ShampooEleven/prater.html>.

Space Age Riot/The Sprawl

First published in Divan, no. 3 (2001).

Mr Tui/Chakraw Monkey/The Chao Le

First published in Slope (USA), no. 9 (2001), <http://www.slope.org/archive/nine/prater.html>.

The Night I Met Beck

First published in Going Down Swinging, no. 19 (2001).

Cars (for Bruce Beaver)

First published in Jacket, no. 8 (1999), <http://www.jacketmagazine.com/08/prater-poem.html>.

Xanana’s Dog

First published in Cordite Poetry Review, no. 5 (1998), <http://cordite.org.au/poetry/unthemed5/xananas-dog/>.

Kate’s Photograph

First published in Voiceworks, no. 46 (1996).

The Roses

Anthologised in B. Janssen, S. Yaman and S. Carter (eds), Journeys to the Point: Poetry by Young Australians (Express Media: Melbourne, 1994).

Mother Russia

First published in Typecast, no. 2 (1991).