Snake Weather: A Summer Renga

Our recent ginko through Karawatha Forest has spun off into a summer ginko. The group have been sparking off each other, resulting in some really exciting leaps. Here’s the first quarter of Snake Weather, written by / between: David Stavanger, Andy Smerdon, Cindy Keong, Katherine Battersby, Chris Lynch, Trish Reid, John Wainwright, Helen Ross, Andrew Phillips.

[photograph by Cindy Keong]

snake weather
he kisses his teenage daughter
on the mouth

DS

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storm clouds hide
an innocent sky

AS

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at the roadside
the empty arms
of a mother

CK

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cane fields watch
with a promise of fire

KB

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she bleeds out
in the back paddock
harvest moon

CL

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red flowers falling
they await the results

TR

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black parrots’ beaks
in the heliconia
skeletons rise from the woods

JW

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limbs entwine
love whispers its melody

HR

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she falls back
breathless into lounge arms
rolling credits

AP