Monthly Archives: July 2011
The Poetry of Instructions
Today my wife and I picked up and assembled our cot and change table. While the end result is ‘stand back and smile’ wonderful, the process of navigating instructions to get there was like being sunblind in a mirror maze. … Continue reading
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The latest release from Another Lost Shark Publications is…
That’s right, in between trips to Vancouver & San Francisco, becoming expecting parents and various other pursuits, my lovely wife and I have been hard at work on the next release for Another Lost Shark Publications - Stolen Moments, by acclaimed … Continue reading
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Washington Square Buddha
All morning I have watched him pick leaves in his head wild grasses strangle the tame. No longer does he ask the sky for water or beg the cicada to change its song. No mistake of attachment just each day: … Continue reading
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Call for submissions: Third Australian Haiku Anthology
It’s now five years since the publication of the Second Australian Haiku Anthology (2006), so another edition of work by Australian haiku poets, now so well represented in contests and publications around the world, is timely. Submissions for the third edition … Continue reading
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Meet the 2011 Arts QLD Poet-in-Residence, Jacob Polley
Jacob Polley is well and truly set up at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts and his residence is already building momentum. His workshop series starts tomorrow night at QLD Writers Centre and he is heading up to Rockhampton … Continue reading
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Long Live The Independent Music Store
Vancouver and San Francisco sure have some amazing independent music stores and I made the most of them, as while I was away, I heard the news that Brisbane’s last bastion of independent music, Rocking Horse Records was in trouble. … Continue reading
Filed under discussions, who listens to the radio?
Mid-Winter at The Back Room
After a couple of days at home, I am starting to feel back on the Brisbane clock, but I am sure I will feel even more at home when I get behind the mic with the mighty Sheish Money at … Continue reading
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Goodbye San Francisco
At the spot where evening sun rests the gate is open and the sky is all blue horses.
Filed under poetry
San Francisco Haiku #7
zen garden no urge to slap the mosquito * still in the lap of buddha white butterfly * through the redwoods in such a hurry summer wind
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San Francisco Haiku #6
redwood forest a blue jay disappears into sky * my forty years clear in the stream’s image * wind from the north handing you a heart shaped sorrel leaf
