Monthly Archives: November 2011
The First 30: Day 19
heat rising, the tip of your tongue moving, almost silent across lips, its rhythmic swimming you want her close as the roof of your mouth hands pulling down the slow air of spring to receive
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New Leonard Cohen Track
After recent years of touring, Leonard Cohen is showing no signs of slowing down, with news of a new album, Old Ideas to be released in January 2012. It has been touted as his most spiritual album to date, “the … Continue reading
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The First 30: Day 18
in the open water of this world we must learn to live without anchor keep your mast tall your sails full let each day come billowing you are their captain: receive them then let them go each one is a wave, as … Continue reading
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Expressions of Interest open for QLD Poetry Festival 2012
Australia’s premiere celebration of all things poetic, Queensland Poetry Festival, invites proposals from poets, performers and artists interested in being part of the 16th annual festival. QPF is not a director-led festival; rather it is programmed each year by a … Continue reading
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The First 30: Day 17
from silence to silence: spring storm edges over the mountain breaks into clusters of sound: bluestone and berries roiled from its slick throat while he hits full pitch: blood orange and milk opal curdling the cosmos
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The First 30: Day 16
he wakes, moon- faced and my heart is a hymn book thrown open
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Southbank Ginko
Last Sunday, our haiku group descended on Brisbane’s iconic, Southbank Parklands for our weekly ginko (haiku walk). The Spring weather turned it on, and the park was teeming with wildlife of all varieties! Here’s a few poems from the group … Continue reading
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The First 30: Day 15
under this moon, a taxi cools its engine and coughs our neighbour out onto the hard ground, already split with thistle and dandelion you blink up at me, as I stroke the slightly furry tip of your nose, your tight … Continue reading
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The First 30: Day 14
we talk into the evening recall the moments that exist in breath passed between us milk bubbles collapsing like hot- air balloons on lips, a sneeze that rearranges the thunderheads sometimes we talk soft, sometimes rowdy, letting go the grown-up … Continue reading
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The First 30: Day 13
he is the quiet force settling on our lives as the diamond sounds of night cut the horses from our dreams
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