Monthly Archives: June 2010
Holding ‘Ocean Hearted’ in my hands
Pushing out the blade on a stanley knife and gently running it through the tape that stands between you and your brand new book is a feeling that doesn’t happen too many times in this life, so when it does, … Continue reading
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Great Ocean Road
for someone who’s never seen it If it takes until the lungs empty, you want it, to walk on its glass surface, to date the seven sisters. With your last kiss, gigantic angel wings will write prophecy all over … Continue reading
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Lunar Eclipses & Poeteevee
Well, this Lost Shark has made it through to the holidays and tommorow I head up to beautiful Woodford to perform at Woongooroo Estate Winery alongside John Koenig, Rowan Donovan & Clayton Adam and Glenn Donovan. Sheish Money and I will … Continue reading
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The Write Advice
One of my all time favourite poets, Steven Heighton recently finished a week long post as editor of The Afterword and as a parting gesture, he left us with ’31 moments of clarity’, that he would have given to his much younger self starting … Continue reading
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spoken in one strange word
Last night at Riverbend Books a crowd of 70+ gathered on the deck eager to get the first glimpse of the 2010 QLD Poetry Festival: spoken in one strange word program. And no one went home disappointed, with stunning feature sets from Suzanne … Continue reading
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The New Folk XV – Winter Sounds
This Lost Shark is moving slowly today… winter sun, lapping between my shoulder blades and the gentlest of breezes prickling my neck. Sunday’s don’t come much better, and today’s soundtrack comes courtesy of two fine Australian bands and one from … Continue reading
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A Million Bright Things – feat. Zenobia Frost
Here’s another dazzling local, featured on the soon to be launched CD – A Million Bright Things… ladies and gentlemen, Zenobia Frost! Zenobia Frost writes poetry in cemeteries, articles at a desk in a backyard rainforest, and to-do lists on receipts, … Continue reading
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