Monthly Archives: April 2011
Downfall Creek Ginko
broken silence the fall of one golden leaf * gentle breeze the crackle of gum leaves across the boardwalk * shady fig the silence of empty nests – Lee-Anne Davie Melaleuca … Continue reading
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Friday Night with Leonard Cohen
On my travels around the internet, I came across this fantastic reading from Leonard Cohen on February 14, 1966. Leonard reads his early poems For E.J.P and You Have The Lovers and performs his classic, The Stranger Song. And the superb thing … Continue reading
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Downfall Creek: a haiku sequence
river stone we sit in silence as the water babbles * blue sky nose deep in a spider’s web * spot of sunlight on the forest floor emperor butterfly * too wild … Continue reading
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SpeedPoets re-launches this Sunday
Brisbane’s longest running live poetry event, SpeedPoets, is re-launching this Sunday, May 1, at their brand new home Brew, located in Lower Burnett Lane in the heart of the City (check out a map here). As usual all the action starts … Continue reading
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2011 Melbourne Overload Poetry Festival – Calling for Submissions
From 10 to 19 September, the Melbourne Overload Poetry Festival will celebrate ten years of bringing all things poetic to the streets of Melbourne. Overload has a reputation for pairing the experimental with the traditional, presenting them in an equal light in … Continue reading
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Veteran
In his house of wood and wives’ tales, nothing but the gentleness of rain comes to visit — it chuckles from behind glass, robs the memory of colour.
New Farm Park Ginko: Trudie Murrell & John Wainwright
garden wedding storm clouds bring something new to wait for * waiting for the bride pageboy and crow compare suits * under the Bay Fig a violin plays branches dip closer … Continue reading
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The Cruellest Month reviews Ocean Hearted
It was a real buzz to read this review of Ocean Hearted by Phillip Ellis on his blog, The Cruellest Month, so I thought I would repost it here for you all.
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New Farm Park Ginko: Jonathan Hadwen & Cindy Keong
grandfather’s roses a spot growing on each leaf * family barbeque teenager texts from a separate bench * wedding in the park only half a string quartet * dishwasher can’t clean … Continue reading
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On telling the taxi driver to drop me at Glee Books
he tells me he doesn’t read that the words won’t stay on the page long enough how he is restless & in his mind everything turns to white. Reading is a waste of life he tells me & … Continue reading
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