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Live from the Audio Vault #4 – this time with video!

Back in 2010, I started working with Cindy Keong and Sheish Money on a show that would feature several of the poems from Ocean Hearted, live music and photography. We performed the show at QLD Poetry Festival that year and … Continue reading

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Another Lost Shark Christmas Sale

With the Little Lost Shark at home, I have been doing a bit of cleaning up and have come across two copies of my recent collection, Ocean Hearted (the last two in existence!) and a handful of Brisbane New Voices Vol. … Continue reading

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Poems, poems, everywhere …

The letterbox can bring such joy! Today, I received my copy of Pan Magazine (Issue #2), which features four of my poems (three previously unpublished and one from Ocean Hearted), four poems from the divine Sawako Nakayasu and poems from … Continue reading

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The Cruellest Month reviews Ocean Hearted

It was a real buzz to read this review of Ocean Hearted by Phillip Ellis on his blog, The Cruellest Month, so I thought I would repost it here for you all.

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Another Lost Shark Waxes Lyrical

The lovely Fern Thompsett, who puts together 4ZzZ’s spoken word show, Waxing Lyrical, recently sent me through a link to an interview I did on the show, shortly after the January floods. The session also features me reading my poem, … Continue reading

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Melbourne Round Up

The weekend in Melbourne was huge! On top of having my poem, Birdwatching published in The Weekend Australian, and taking in readings at Fed Square (Kings in the Corner) and the launch of Famous Reporter at Collected Works, I also picked … Continue reading

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Happy Valentines Day: Are You Ready To be Heartbroken?

I am not a big believer in the Valentines Day hype, but I am a big believer in the beauty of the love poem/song. Great love poems & songs are often the most difficult to write, but are also often … Continue reading

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The Ocean Hearted Flood Relief Project: What we achieved

Well, this Lost Shark has been busier than usual this past month, but it has been the best kind of busy imaginable. I have now (just about) finished processing all of the orders received as part of the Ocean Hearted … Continue reading

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Ocean Hearted Flood Relief Project Powers On

                                                           still water                                                            every cloud turns                                                            into a dead lamb Thank you to everyone who has supported the Ocean Hearted Flood Relief Appeal. We are just a hair away from the $2000 mark now, and there are still … Continue reading

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A Day Like Any Other

               for all those lost in the flood Where is the room from which I heard the slow dawn of parents, the mutter of palm fronds sweeping the galvanised roof? Wind, rain, vandals have picked clean the flesh and bones … Continue reading

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