Tag: Australian poet
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cloudbank
in the movie of their youth he flashed those piano teeth at her and everyone thought he’d come back but now gulls plant webbed feet by his hair and the surf draws him in, centimetre by centimetre. (forthcoming in the Stepping Over Seasons reissue later in the year)
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3885 (because summer is a distant memory right now)
. the clothesline swings in a dry wind and the echo of our voices runs down from the river to where I stand in yellow grass eyes fixed on a horizon swollen with blue the river where we’d swim through the black gold of the water rapids gnashing teeth and water dragons nimble as we…
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Writing Process Blog Chain
Really happy to be tagged by Devin Madson in the current ‘writing process’ blog chain – if you like stories of vengeance in a Japanese-influenced setting then you’ll love her books, check ‘em out here and visit her blog here, to see her response to the process chain. I also interviewed Devin on my fiction…
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a haibun
. Roman Forum (1) the spot where Caesar’s body was burnt seems to scare our guide. she does not look at the flowers, a sheen of sweat on her face as the sun works its centuries-slow destruction on pillars in the Forum uneven footing horns from the imperial road up where the Vestal Virgins had…
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between giants – a blog launch! (april 15th – 19th)
Today I’m most happy to announce the launch of my latest poetry collection between giants, which will be hosted right here on the blog! Long overdue, this launch is going to be a bit of a party (hence my fantastic hat below) with giveaways, poetry deals, interviews and performances from myself and other poets, to give…
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