Monthly Archives: March 2009
Words from the Cosmopolitan Cafe
Things are only just getting underway with my residency at Cosmopolitan Cafe, but I have a range of ideas slowly stewing… I had my first meeting with Lyn, the owner of Cosmopolitan Cafe last week and spent an hour or … Continue reading
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Desert(ed) Island Poems #7 – Darkwing Dubs
SpeedPoets hits The Alibi Room this Sunday, April 5 from 2pm with a three-prong feature attack including sets from Skye Staniford, Pru Gell and Brisbane spoken word/hip-hop artist Darkwing Dubs. Darkwing shared his Desert(ed) Island Poems with me recently, so … Continue reading
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The Book Is Dead, Long Live The Book: An Evening with Bob Stein
On Friday night I went along to hear Bob Stein speak at Wordpool, an event presented by QLD Writers Centre as part of the 2009 Ideas Festival. Stein challenged the conventional idea of the book, its cultural role and the role of … Continue reading
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16 haiku from today’s reading
I had a blast reading at Under A Daylight Moon this afternoon… for all those who weren’t able to be there, here are the 16 haiku I read (those without an author attributed to them are my own): how … Continue reading
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Strange Equation
At any moment the sun might come out so be ready for it, brother. In this strange equation of awakening, readiness is everything you have ever wanted divided by everything you have ever lost. So don’t just sit there admiring … Continue reading
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Who Listens to the Radio: The Go-Bewteens
Here’s another of the articles I wrote for the Taking it to the Streets Exhibition that was held at the Museum of Brisbane. First up I posted my homage to The Saints – I’m Stranded and now… Before Hollywood - The Go-Betweens Bursting … Continue reading
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Written in Light
her face glowed in the room and he wrote by her light words terrible in their insistence like a meteor shower burning at the end of a hot night shivering on her skin simple and quiet as porcelain
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Brisbane Poetry Gig Guide – March 25
Saturday March 28 Under a Daylight Moon returns to Novel Lines Book Shop, 153 LaTrobe Tce, Paddington from 3pm with feature readings from Ron Heard (tales of Homer creating himself) and Pam Schindler who will be previewing her debut collection. … Continue reading
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