Today I am holding a copy of my latest publishing venture Brisbane New Voices, featuring two brand new micro-poetry-collections by Jonathan Hadwen and Fiona Privitera. It looks rather stunning and is putting a very large smile on my face! So to celebrate, here is a look at one of the poems from Fiona Privitera’s micro-collection, Peep Show.
Love cannot be measured
nor measured out like
caught breath or
dead weight; open cadaver
silk viscera as
lengths of rope knotted
in the Quipu language
of the Incas
the different colours
of my insides bright
as a rug woven
with a back-strap loom
one end tied to a tree
another to a strap around
my tensioning hips
threads from fingertips
spun floss pulled from body
I move my open mouth
from his shoulder
and a long line of spittle follows
Brisbane New Voices will be launched early in 2010, so keep your eye out for details in the new year. And don’t forget to check out the sample from Jonathan Hadwen’s micro-collection, Night Swim.
Looking forward to it – great idea micro poetry (small doses of great pleasure is always the best way to go).
It’s a great little collection Gabe. Small doses is definitely the way to go!
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