Monthly Archives: November 2011

November 30, 2011 · 9:10 am

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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November 29, 2011 · 6:01 pm

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 album’s ten songs poetically address(ing) some of the most profound quandaries of human existence – the relationship to a transcendent being, love, sexuality, loss and death.”

Pitchfork currently has the first cut from the album, Show Me The Place, available for listening and if it is anything to go by, Cohen’s age worn baritone is sounding better than ever.

This may be the album that kick starts my new year…

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 splendid
in its falling, as in its rise

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November 28, 2011 · 1:25 pm

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 group of Brisbane poets through an open Expression of Interest process. In that spirit, QPF is inviting Expressions of Interest from poets, musicians, performers, and spoken word artists interested in being a part of the 16th annual three-day festival, spoken in one strange word 2012. Be it a reading, a project, a performance, or perhaps something that embraces myriad art forms, bring it on! They are open to all forms of poetic expression and want to know what you’ve been cooking.

If you are programmed to perform at QPF 2012, flights, accommodation and performance fees will be provided.

Submission deadline: Wednesday 22nd February, 2012.

QPF 2012 runs from 24 – 26 August at the state-of-the-art, Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

For further details, submission forms and guidelines, visit the QPF website at www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com, or contact them at qldpoetry@gmail.com with any questions.

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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November 27, 2011 · 3:01 pm

The First 30: Day 16

he wakes, moon-
faced
and my heart
is a hymn
book thrown open

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November 26, 2011 · 12:18 pm

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 + a couple of my own: