Christine Despardes

Successful small press poet. A review in Krax magazine described her poetry as "consistently readable".
==Online Presence==
*Visit the author's literary blog soon to appear (under construction)
*Poetry available for download
==Competitions and Awards==
*Finalist in the International Division of the 1998 Scots International Poetry Competition with her long verse narrative, Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate).
*Placed 13th in the 2009 Purple Patch UK Small Press Poets of the Year.
*Runner-up (second place) in the 2010 Data Dump Award for the best sci-fi poem published in the UK in 2009 with Peas and Diced Carrots (Bard 73).
==Publications from Atlantean Publishing==
==== Small Press Voyager: The Data Dump Files (2018) ====
* Peas and Diced Carrots
==== The Bards 30 - The Tristan Cycle ====
== Appearances in Atlantean Publications ==
=== Cover Art ===
==== The Bards 30 - The Tristan Cycle ====
==== Bard 156 ====
==== Bard 159 ====
==== Bard 162 ====
==== Bard 163 ====
==== Bard 168 ====
==== Bard 170 ====
==== Bard 177 ====
==== Bard 180 ====
=== Verse and prose ===
==== Awen 71 ====
* Midnight
* Kaherdin
==== Awen 101 ====
* bx = y The Logarithm
==== Awen 103 ====
* Recovery
* Opening arguments
* Return at Midnight
==== Awen 104 ====
* Romanza
* Unfinished
==== Awen 113 ====
* Aria
* Cracker Crumbs
==== Awen 118 ====
* Arkhangelsk II
==== Awen 120 ====
* A Weekend Truffaut Festival
==== Bard 73 ====
* Peas and Diced Carrots
==== Bard 97 ====
*Dead Lives
==== Bard 103 ====
*Ghouls and Beasts
==== Bard 184 ====
* After Philippians 4:8
==== Bard 185 ====
* Ikons
==== Bard 187 ====
* Belle and Beau
* In the Garden of Dreams
==== Bard 189 ====
* Kali Yuga
==== Bard 196 ====
* Augustan serenity
=== Reviews and Articles ===
==== The Supplement 56 ====
*The International, A Movie Review
*On Short Prose
==== The Supplement 81 ====
* The Benevolent Banker and Other Enigmas by John Light, A Review
==== The Supplement 82 ====
* Comment on “Sicily: Culture and Conquest at the British Museum” by Paul Murphy in The Supplement 79
==== The Supplement 84 ====
* A Review of Kiss of the Viking by Julie Maclean 
==== The Supplement 85 ====
* A Review of A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson 
==== The Supplement 88 ====
* A Review of Commotion Time by Cardinal Cox
==== The Supplement 89 ====
* A Review of Under the Greenwood Tree by Cardinal Cox
==== The Supplement 94 ====
*Comments on 'Reformation Of Saint Hippopotamus' and 'Transfiguration Of Saint Rhinoceros', both by Paul Murphy and published in Awen 107.
*Overturning Dr. Faustus, Rereading Thomas Mann's Novel in Light of Observations of a Non-Political Man by Dr. Frances Lee, A Review.
==== The Supplement 97 ====
*The Commons' Revolt by Cardinal Cox, A Review
*The Folk Show: Pennies in a Battered Hat by Cardinal Cox, A Review
*Red Skies by Cardinal Cox, A Review
*Le Monde Extraordinaire by Cardinal Cox, A Review
==== The Supplement 99 ====
*The Drowningdays by Emma Sanderson, A Retro-review
==== The Supplement 100 ====
*A Poem for Jean Armour by Cardinal Cox, A Review
*Chydonax by Cardinal Cox, A Review
*The Folk Show 2: A Tuppence for the Guy by Cardinal Cox, A Review 
==== The Supplement 101 ====
* A Little Piece of Harm by Chris Jones, A Review
==== The Supplement 103 ====
* The Folk Show 3: Fan Mail for a Film by Cardinal Cox, A Review
==== The Supplement 104 ====
* A Review of Starlight by Jane Stuart (La Luce Della Stella, a bilingual edition translated by Giovanni Campisi)
* A Review of The Russian Section by Cardinal Cox
== Appearances Elsewhere ==
=== Digital Pamphlets ===
* A 2019 release of 4 thematic self-published pamphlets of short prose and verse available at http://chrisd.tradebit.com; click on "Files".
=== Handshake, a newsletter of the eight hand gang ===
* Produced by John Frances Haines, Handshake (now defunct) issues 50, 59, 75 and 86 presented a dozen verses submitted between 2001 and 2014. They are available again as part of a separate compilation.
=== Moodswing ===
* Moodswing (defunct) issue 7 presented the verses 'Untitled' 'Cold Coffee' and 'Back On The Street'.
=== Purple Patch ===
* Purple Patch (defunct) issue 113 presented the verses 'Outerlands' and "\High Flyer' in March 2006.
=== tigershark ===
* Tigershark #19 published the verse 'Coda' in August 2018.
* Tigershark #26 published the verse 'The Roaming' in July 2020.
*Tigershark #29 jpublished the verse 'Post-pandemic Rattled' in Spring/Summer 2021.
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