Category Archives: Desert(ed) Island Poems

August 9, 2009

QPF Spotlight #14 – Jessika Tong’s Desert(ed) Island Poems

Last year at QPF, one of my highlights was an afternoon reading by local Brisbane poet, Jessika Tong; words raw and engaging, pulling the crowd into her at times unsettling world. Audiences will again have the opportunity to hear Jessika at … Continue reading →

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August 5, 2009

QPF Spotlight #13 – AF Harrold’s Desert(ed) Island Poems

With just a little more than two weeks to go before more than 40 poets descend on the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, the anticipation is splitting my seams. The dashingly bearded AF Harrold is one of the poets … Continue reading →

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July 25, 2009

QPF Spotlight #9 – Zenobia Frost’s Desert(ed) Island Poems

QPF 2009 features many local talents, including hat fetishist, Zenobia Frost. This Spotlight takes us to the Desert(ed) Island of her mind and (some of) the poems that inhabit it. So raise your sails and let these poems carry you … Continue reading →

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June 2, 2009

Desert(ed) Island Poems #10 – Robert Lort

Brace yourself for this one folks… there are some turbulent seas ahead as we sail this leaking ship to the Desert(ed) Island of Robert Lort. Photo by Sharka Bosakova: taken opposite the ‘Poet’s Cafe’ in Montville “I am … Continue reading →

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May 4, 2009

Desert(ed) Island Poems #9 – Rob Morris

Rob Morris is an original Brisbane hipster; his vernacular owning all the rush of the street. Rob has built his raft and is sailing to that mystical island just north of nowhere… and he has packed his poems. Yes indeed, … Continue reading →

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April 11, 2009

Desert(ed) Island Poems #8 – Rosanna Licari

Here is an Easter Long Weekend treat for you all… Rosanna Licari is one of the four feature poets programmed at this month’s Poetry on the Deck event at Riverbend Books (see details below). Here she lets us in to the world of … Continue reading →

Desert(ed) Island Poems #7 – Darkwing Dubs

SpeedPoets hits The Alibi Room this Sunday, April 5 from 2pm with a three-prong feature attack including sets from Skye Staniford, Pru Gell and Brisbane spoken word/hip-hop artist Darkwing Dubs. Darkwing shared his Desert(ed) Island Poems with me recently, so … Continue reading →

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February 1, 2009

Desert(ed) Island Poems #6 – Alan Jefferies

Sunday morning is a time of strangeness… remnants of the week prior still swimming somewhere inside us and the prospects of the week ahead beginning to materialise. It is somehow quieter than all other mornings. The perfect space for us to travel in … Continue reading →

Desert(ed) Island Poems #5 – Matt Hetherington

It’s time to take that lonely trip again people… so man those oars and together let’s paddle to the Desert(ed) Island of Matt Hetherington. I could be really cheeky, and say that the first two I would take would be … Continue reading →

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January 13, 2009

Desert(ed) Island Poems #4 – Eddy Burger

Once again, let’s take that trip to solitude. This time we look at the poems that inhabit the Desert(ed) Island of Melbourne’s Eddy Burger. Henry Reed – Naming of Parts (1946) This poem is one of a series by … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Desert(ed) Island Poems

QPF Spotlight #14 – Jessika Tong’s Desert(ed) Island Poems

QPF Spotlight #13 – AF Harrold’s Desert(ed) Island Poems

QPF Spotlight #9 – Zenobia Frost’s Desert(ed) Island Poems

Desert(ed) Island Poems #10 – Robert Lort

Desert(ed) Island Poems #9 – Rob Morris

Desert(ed) Island Poems #8 – Rosanna Licari

Desert(ed) Island Poems #7 – Darkwing Dubs

Desert(ed) Island Poems #6 – Alan Jefferies

Desert(ed) Island Poems #5 – Matt Hetherington

Desert(ed) Island Poems #4 – Eddy Burger

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