2023: FAWWA Newsletter | Creatrix # 61
2021: Poetry for the Planet | Red Room Poetry | Creatrix #52
2020: Creatrix Anthology #3 | Letters to Our Home | 2020 Visions | Creatrix #48
2019: Creatrix #44 | Brushstrokes | The Writers' Magazine
2018: Creatrix #43 | Creatrix #42
2017: Wooden Skeletons | Creatrix Anthology 2
2016: Creatrix #35 | Suddenly the Rain
2015: Creatrix #31 | Thistledown | Creatrix #30 | Retold: Old Tales, New Voices | Creatrix #29 | Creatrix #28
2014: The Light Painters
2013: Scripting Therapeutic Screen Stories
2011: Something is Happening Vol. 2
2010: Writing on the WAll | Underground Writers #3
2021: Poetry for the Planet | Red Room Poetry | Creatrix #52
2020: Creatrix Anthology #3 | Letters to Our Home | 2020 Visions | Creatrix #48
2019: Creatrix #44 | Brushstrokes | The Writers' Magazine
2018: Creatrix #43 | Creatrix #42
2017: Wooden Skeletons | Creatrix Anthology 2
2016: Creatrix #35 | Suddenly the Rain
2015: Creatrix #31 | Thistledown | Creatrix #30 | Retold: Old Tales, New Voices | Creatrix #29 | Creatrix #28
2014: The Light Painters
2013: Scripting Therapeutic Screen Stories
2011: Something is Happening Vol. 2
2010: Writing on the WAll | Underground Writers #3
The August 2023 edition of the monthly newsletter from The Felloship of Writers Western Australia features A. R. Levett's poem, 'The Wall', which is a take of Pink Floyd's song 'Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)' with a look at social media. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The June 2023 issue of the WA Poets journal. This features poetry by Ananda Barton, Carly Beth, Maria Bonar, Mar Bucknell, Helen Budge, Eddy Campbell, Coral Carter, Tahliyah Davis, Gary Columbo De Piazzi, Derek Fenton, Margaret Ferrell, Sally Gaunt, Kevin James Gillam, Candy Gordon, Mike Greenace, Jennifer Hethington, Ross Jackson, Veronica Lake, Kate Larsen, Mardi May, Diana Messervy, Daphne Milne, Jan Napier, Virginia O'Keeffe, Allan Padget, Mike Pedrana, Gregory Piko, Norma Schwind, Laurie Smith, Geoff Spencer, Suzette Thompson, and Rita Tognini.
It features the following poem by A. R. Levett:
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What role might poetry have in saving our planet?
It is becoming increasingly clear that we all need to contribute to ensure the survival of our planet; new narratives are urgently called for. Ecopoetry has become a genre within which poets put up a searching and at times brutally honest lens through which to consider climate change, loss of biodiversity, the pollution of our air and water, and environmentally damaging industries such as mining and deforestation. Poetry for the Planet showcases the work of one hundred poets from Australia and New Zealand. Despite an astonishing variety in style, poems are united in their plea to all of us to forge a new relationship with our fractured world, and move from an attitude of short-term exploitation to one of nourishment and sustainability. All proceeds from the sale of this book to be directed to the Australian Conservation Foundation. This anthology features the poem 'Persistence' by A. R. Levett. Copies can be purchased from Litoria Press. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The March 2021 issue of the WA Poets journal. This features poetry by Anil, Kaye Brand, Mar Bucknell, Helen Budge, Peter Burges, Gary Columbo De Piazzi, Derek Fenton, Margaret Ferrell, Sally Gaunt, Kevin Gillam, Candy Gordon, Mike Greenace, Ann Harrison, Jennifer Hethington, Rurai Jack Hughes, Rita La Bianca, Veronica Lake, Jenny Magann, Mardi May, Glad McGough, Diana Messervy, Daphne Milne, Jan Napier, Julian O'Dea, David O'Neill, Virginia O'Keeffe, Allan Padget, Chris Palazzo, Francesca Par, Yvonne G. Patterson, Mike Pedrana, Jaya Penelope, Ian Reid, Barry Sanbrook, SoulReserve, Geoff Spencer, Amanda Spooner, Suzette Thompson, Kelly Van Nelson, Maggie Van Putten, Rose van Son, and Gail Willems.
It features the following poem by A. R. Levett:
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Letters to Our Home was conceived during the Australian bushfire crisis during the summer of 2019/2020. It was inspired by the northern hemisphere publication, Letters to the Earth, and like that publication we hope creative responses to the growing climate, biodiversity and environmental crises will help us come to terms with the situation we collectively face, nurture our spirits and inspire us to take, and to demand, action.The contributors to this collection vary from school-age children to parents, workers and retired people, published poets and newcomers. They write from their hearts and are inspired by their passion to see art as a selfless act of giving, and as activism.
We hope you enjoy this brief journey around Western Australia’s unique precious places and how we as humans live within them. It features the poem 'Benefactor' by A. R. Levett. You can purchase copies here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The March 2020 issue of the WA Poets journal. This features poetry by Kaye Brand, Peter Burges, Derek Fenton, Margaret Ferrell, Rosalind Franklin, Ann Gilchrist, Kevin Gillam, Ita Goldberger, Fran Graham, Mike Greenace, Ann Harrison, Jennifer Hethington, Rurai Jack Hughes, Jackson, Ross Jackson, Peter Knight, Veronica Lake, Jenny Magan, Mardi May, Glad McGough, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Rebecca J. Moran, Jan Napier, Julian O'Dea, Allan Padget, Chris Palazzo, Joyce Parkes, Yvonne G. Patterson, Fern Pendragon, Gregory Piko, Barry Sanbrook, Norma Swind, Rita Tognini.
It features the following poem by A. R. Levett: The poem can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The November 2019 issues of The Writers' Magazine features A. R. Levett's short story, 'Release', which is about overcoming grief. If you have a subscription, you can read it here. Otherwise, you can read it here.
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The poems in the anthology, we believe, make for pleasurable and thoughtful reading. They are meditative and dramatic, celebratory and regretful, loving and elegiac, take place in the country, the city and suburbs, were written by both women and men – we have made no attempt to count the ratio – and by both well-known poets and emerging voices. Whatever we think, the poems remain resolutely themselves, and await your interpretation; they certainly offer a reader’s engagement.
Entries were drawn from over Australia but the poems’ settings were not necessarily Australian at all: the poems reflect an internationalised word of travel and immigration. One notable feature is the absence of a declarative Australianness or modernity; the resurgence of nationalism is a feature – an often disturbing one – of contemporary politics but it did not appear in the poems. Perhaps good poetry requires a deeper empathy. Also, there was almost no evidence of the self-conscious Modernism or Post-modernism apparent in much Australian poetry from the 1960s to at least the end of the twentieth century. While some poems are experimental, for example in spacing across the page, there has been so much experiment in English language poetry in the twentieth century that it now seems hard for any practice to seem deeply avant-garde. Poetic technique has largely settled down; in the poems submitted there was little extravagant diction and little philosophical sense that words cannot map reality, except in satirising those who think that way. This is valuable in any attempt to again diffuse an appreciation of poetry amongst a general public that has long lost the habit of reading it. This anthology contains the poem 'The Outsider' by A. R. Levett. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The March issue of the WA Poets journal. This features poetry by Kaye Brand, Peter Burges, Geraldine Day, Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Frances Faith Derek Fenton, Margaret Ferrell, Rosalind Franklin, Ann Gilchrist, Kevin Gillam, Mike Greenace, Ann Harrison, Glen Hunting, Ross Jackson, Veronica Lake, Mardi May, Glad McGough, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Jan Napier, Julian O'Dea, Tony O'Donnell, Virginia O'Keefe, Allan Padget, Ami Parekh, Yvonne G. Patterson, Barry Sanbrook, Maureen Sexton, Thomas Simpson, Laurie Smith, Traudi Tan, Rose van Son, Gael Willems, and Colin Young.
It features the following poem by A. R. Levett: The poem can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The December 2018 issue of the WA Poets poetry journal. This issue features poetry by Kaye Brand, Peter Burges, Graeme Butler, Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Edward Ebozo, Derek Fenton, Rosalind Franklin, Ann Gilchrist, Kevin Gillam, Mike Greenace, Ruari Jack Hughes, Ross Jackson, Pat Johnson, Veronica Lake, Meryl Manoy, Mardi May, Glad McGough, Dean Meredith, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Julian O'Dea, Virginia O'Keefe, Allan Padget, Joyce Parkes, Yvonne G. Patterson, Laurie Smith, and Rita Tognini.
It contains the following poem from A. R. Levett: The poem can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The September 2018 issue of the WA Poets poetry journal. This issue features poetry from Kaye Brand, Peter Burges, Graeme Butler, Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Nicoletta Dimas, Natalie D-Napoleon, Derek Fenton, Wendy Fleming, Sally Gaunt, Kevin Gillam, Candy Gordon, Mike Greenace,Dilantha Gunawardanal, Ann Harrison, Glen Hunting, Pat Johnson, Nada Kesic, Veonica Lake, Meryl Manoy, Mardi May, Glad McGough, Max Merckenschlager, Jan Napier, Tony O'Donnell, Virginia O'Keeffe, Allan Padgett, Joyce Parkes, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Yvonne G. Patterson, Mike Pedrana, Glen Phillips, Norma Schwind, Don Smith, Flora Smith, Laurie Smith, Rita Tognini, Mimma Tornatora, Maggie Van Putten, and Gail Willems.
It contains the following poem from A. R. Levett: The poem can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
"Memory, which provides the continuity that gives us a sense of identity, is clearly to the fore in Wooden Skeletons. Here are mature poets whose poems arise from the intersections of memory with vivid present experience. Many of the poems involve responses to contemporary works of art, visual images that provoke sharp verbal ones. These poets associated with the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre show that depth of experience enables rather than hinders new perceptions." – Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell AM
Wooden Skeletons features four poems by A. R. Levett:
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The second volume of the Creatrix Anthology, collecting selected poems published in Creatrix issues #15 - #25 between 2012 and 2016. This volume features poetry and haiku from a large variety of WA Poets.
It contains the following poem from A. R. Levett: back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The December 2016 issue of the WA Poets poetry journal. This issue features poetry from debarnes, Wendy Beach, Lana Bella, Kaye Brand, Mar Bucknell, Sue Clenell Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Margaret Ferrell, Kevin Gillam, Mike Greenacre, Jackson, Ross Jackson, Daniel Hunter, Nada Kesic, Christopher Conrad, A. R. Levett, I. H. M. Lowe, Allan Padgett, Mike Pedrana, Barry Sanbrook, Flora Smith, Rita Tognini, and Gail Willems.
It contains the following poems from A. R. Levett:
The poems can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
"Suddenly the Rain, the sixth anthology produced by the Poets at KSP, is a dazzling achievement by 14 very accomplished and very different poets.
The Perth hills landscape is a central starting point from which a huge range of ideas, cultural references and explorations, experiences and memories arrows out to target the wider world. So much of life’s panoply, from the poignant to the humorous, is compressed into this moving and uplifting collection. The range of forms - free-verse, acrostics, experimental sonnets, haibun, haiku, prose-poetry - is just one example of the book’s diversity. Within these 70 pages, so many aspects of life are recorded, commemorated and celebrated. It is an anthology which will delight and resonate in the reader long after a first and, no doubt, many subsequent readings." – Shane McCauley Suddenly the Rain features five poems by A. R. Levett:
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The December 2015 issue of the WA Poets poetry journal. This issue features poetry from Kaye Brand, Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Derek Fenton, Margaret Ferrell, Ros Franklin, Sally Gaunt, Kevin Gillam, Mike Greenacre, Louise House, Jackson, Ruari Jack Hughes, Ross Jackson, A. R. Levett, I. H. M. Lowe, Meryl Manoy, Glad McGogh, Jan Napier, Julian O'Dea, Ron Okley, Rose van Son, and Gail Willems.
It contains the following poems from A. R. Levett:
The poems can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
"In this anthology, the Poets@KSP have added a most impressive collection of poems to their seven previous fine books. Thistledown ranges widely through the natural world, aspects of childhood, and the passions and trials of maturity. The poems are notable for their variety of structure, their delight in language and the telling phrase; and for their sense of restraint and decorum which gives so many of them their power. It’s an anthology to be read and savoured many times over." – Ron Pretty
Thistledown features four poems by A. R. Levett:
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The September 2015 issue of the WA Poets poetry journal. This issue features poetry from Sue Clennell, Geraldine Day, Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Derek Fenton, Sally Gaunt, Kevin Gillam, Mike Greenacre, Ann Harrison, Elana Herbert, Jackson, Ross Jackson, Chris Kennedy, A. R. Levett, G. McGogh, Dean Meredith, Jan Napier, Julian O'Dea, Colleen O'Grady, Virginia O'Keefe, Charlie Reed, Ron Okley, Allan Padgett, Joyce Parkes, Tim Parkin, Laurie Smith, Traudl Tan, and Gail Willems.
It contains the following poem from A. R. Levett:
The poem can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
Once upon a time, a group of writers came together in the Perth hills. Each Tuesday they congregated in the historial house of Western Australian author Katharine Susannah Prichard to refine their craft, and became known as the KSP Writers' Circle. Retold is the result of the group's challenge to retell classic fairy tales in a modern Australian voice. Drawing inspiriation from traditional tales such as Alice in Wonderland, The Little Mermaid, and Little Red Riding Hood, these short stories have been adapted for an adult audience. Prepare to go into the wood, but be sure to bring your GPS.
The anthology features stories from Glen Bain, Helen Doran-Wu, James Driscoll, A. R. Levett, Tabetha Rogers Beggs, and Lisa A. Wolstenholme. Retold: Old Tales, New Voices was edited by A. R. Levett and contains the following short story by him: Retold: Old Tales, New Voices sold out at launch. A digital version will be available soon. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The June 2015 issue of the WA Poets poetry journal. This issue features poetry from D. Barnes, Rosie Barnes, Kaye Brand, Coral Carter, Sue Clennell, Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Derek Fenton, Margaret Ferrell, Rosalind Franklin, Kevin Gillam, G. McGough, Mike Greenacre, Julie Gross, Ruari Jack Hughes, Ross Jackson, Tricia Kelly, A. R. Levett, Rosemary Longhurst, Meryl Manoy, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Jan Napier, Kitty Niemann, Frances Richardson, Flora Smith, L. A. Smith, Traudl Tan, Gail Willems, and Helen Doran-Wu.
It contains the following poems from A. R. Levett:
The poems can be read here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The March 2015 issue of the WA Poets poetry journal. This issue features poetry from Gary Colombo De Piazzi, Derek Fenton, Margaret Ferrell, Kevin Gillam, Mike Greenacre, Elanna Herbett, Jackson, Ross Jackson, Christopher Kennedy, Deeksha Koul, A. R. Levett, Jan Napier, Tony O’ Donnell, Joyce Parkes, Neil J. (Brillo) Pattinson, Lynne Talmont, Traudl Tan, Faye, Teale, Clavi, Rose van Son, Joanna Wakefiled, and Gail Willems.
It contains the following poems from A. R. Levett:
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"These poems trace their light beams upon the diversity of life. From the sacredness of insects, to family, love, animals, travel, memory, despair and hope; the KSP poets examine in fine detail those small and large moments that unite us humans. A tender and illuminating volume." - Dr Nandi Chinna, Independent Researcher and Poet.
The Light Painters contains the following poems from A. R. Levett:
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Scripting Therapeutic Screen Stories: Animating the Healing Potential of Film Narratives
A. R. Levett's first class honours thesis contains an exegesis (see abstract below for information) and the short animated feature-film script, The Essence Within, which follows the adventure of young boy, Charlie, who stumbles upon Sperial, home to the Energy-Spirits and the Creator-Energy. With the help of his mentor, Reginold, and energy-spirit Aureole, Charlie learns how to manipulate energy-signatures. When Malgamor, a darkness that has been trying to consume the Creator-Energy since the creation of the world, tries to break into Sperial, Charlie tries to confront it on his own with his new powers. But with the mysterious Shadow-Charlie sabotaging his efforts, is he powerful enough to overcome this ancient evil?
Exegesis Abstract Beyond entertainment, animated narratives can potentially induce psychological healing, termed “individuation.” Stories exist in many forms, like literature, film and conversation, as well as in the human mind, or “psyche.” These “self-narratives” use life experience to shape consciousness. Therefore, effective storytelling based on archetypal myths can restructure the psyche. Film narratives communicate meaning through symbols, termed “textual cues”, while screenwriters employ specific templates, which organise story information into familiar structures. These guide audiences towards predetermined meaning. Through bibliotherapy, which is the use of literature for therapeutic purposes, audiences project their unconscious content onto narrative components that resonate with it. Ego-consciousness can then integrate this material. Films, like dreams, incorporate raw unconscious material, labelled “archetypes”, and symbols, conscious interpretations of the archetypes, to affect unconscious reactions that facilitate psychological growth. When a narrative’s protagonist undertakes the “Hero’s Journey”, a quest’s twelve stages that enact change, they guide audiences through a metaphorical portrayal of individuation. Audiences can then mimic this path to prompt their own inner journey. Animation augments storytelling’s healing ability because its fantasised appearance transforms individuation’s threatening psychological information to reveal wisdom. Since screenwriters delve into the collective unconscious to create stories, they initiate audience healing. Thus, they represent modern society’s shamans. By creating a screenplay for an animated short feature film and discussing how screenwriters can induce psychological healing, I demonstrate the therapeutic potential of film narratives. If you would like to purchase a digital copy of the thesis for $10, please contact A. R. Levett. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |
The November 2011 edition of Something is Happening is a collection of Talus Prize winning short stories and poems by Jasmin Bear, Hayley Chandler, Donelle Gadenne, Ben Kirkham, A. R. Levett, Lauren Payne, and Jessica Santos.
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A collection of short stories and poems by Summer Alexander, Aaron Besile, Jasmin Bear, Zane Boltman, Jeanne Burgess, Ruth Casey, Josue Cerna, Matthew Court, Shannon Coyle, Donelle Gadenne, Bill Gray, Jemimah Halibert, Natasha Hodgers, Britt Ingerson, Amanda Kho, A. R. Levett, Kristina Magee, Alistair McKay, Leanne Mills, Sarah Mokrzycski, Asten Nunn, Jasmine Reilly, Shantel Dominique Robinson, Jenine Rocca, John Ryan, Sonja Seifert, Julissa Shrewsbury, Nicole Tregenza, Kate Wilson, and Dianne Zanetti.
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Underground Writers Issue #3
The May 2010 issue of Underground Writers is a collection of short stories and poems by Des Burge, Maureen Hirst, A. R. Levett, Lauren Payne, and Charmaine Scott.
It contains the following “Pick of the Month” short story from A. R. Levett: You can read the entire issue here. back to top | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2011 | 2010 |