Monthly Archives: June 2011
Vancouver Haiku #2
dawn sky three times the butterfly unfolds * left by the garter snake grass heads rattle * still at work in the twilight summer bees
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Vancouver Haiku #1
crisp sky girls’ skirts swimming up past their knees * long grass the dog’s paws wave at the sky * lost in a gust of maple leaves crow call
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Just before I go…
The delightful Gabrielle Bryden has featured me on her blog today, so head on over and check that out. And if you are anywhere near Brisbane next Wednesday night, The Back Room at Confit Bistro is keeping the QLD Poetry Festival love flowing … Continue reading
Travel Plans…
Tomorrow, this Lost Shark boards a plane for distant waters, namely Vancouver and San Francisco. So things will slow down here over the next month, but there will still be the occasional post, I mean, there will have to be … Continue reading
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2011 QLD Poetry Festival Program is Launched!
It is with great excitement that I announce that the 2011 QLD Poetry Festival Program is launched and available for download from the QPF website. And with that announcement, I can also happily say, tickets for the opening night event, Of Rhythm … Continue reading
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
For my 40th birthday, I was lucky enough to be given a gift voucher to spend at one of Brisbane’s independent book stores, Coaldrakes. I walked out with two books, David Byrne’s (Talking Heads), Bicycle Diaries and Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s, … Continue reading
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The Church Rock for Autism Awareness
The Church have long been an important part of the Australian music (and my own personal) landscape. For 30 years they have remained vital, creative and original, which is something to be celebrated in this fleeting digital age. One of … Continue reading
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QLD Program Launch Feature #3 – Janaka Malwatta
Word on the street is, tomorrow night’s QPF Program Launch at Riverbend Books is a sell out… that’s right, 100 tickets already in the hands of 100 lucky people. And I stress the word lucky here as the line up … Continue reading
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Lost Shark Radio #2 – Long Live Clarence Clemons
My heart broke a little today when I learned that the great Clarence ‘Big Man’ Clemons had passed away on June 18. Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band gave me my first live music experience way back in 1985 when … Continue reading
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Winter Full Moon Ginko – poems and photos
It was a spectacularly clear night on Friday as ten of us gathered at Valori Espresso Lounge & Gallery for our moon viewing ginko along Scarborough Beach. The moon was right on time (6:30pm), revealing its red glow before rising majestically. Here … Continue reading
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