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In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Kia Groom reads 'Alice at Last' which feature in the 2016 WA anthology.
Alice at Last
'Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly...'– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
I un-wake to damage.Light-bulb stutters, franticonce off, once on, illuminatesimagined cityskyline.
Inside my bedroom it rainsf ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, MTC Cronin reads 'Above Us' and 'The World's Yard' which feature in the 2016 QLD anthology.
Above Us
Above us we hear the windmill yelping, circling like a trapped dog while the house sits like a black skull on the hill. Above us the tombs are rising from their rest and travelling along the roads beneath trees t ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, MTC Cronin reads 'Little Track', 'The Grass is Full', and 'The Correct Way' which feature in the 2016 QLD anthology.
Little Track
Time falls outof your house
and onto a slabof lucerne which
the cows eat asthey wander away
from the orchard'slong flowing hour.
Sweet and fullof wild honey
is the floweris the bird.
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In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Aidan Coleman reads 'Secondary' which features in the 2016 SA anthology.
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Angling over star-fields,the pitches lit like billiard tables.Those lengths you were shouted up and back,lungs scoured by brillo air.The lazier concord of close mown grassand low hanging fruitof the short boundary. A tang of primitiveelectron ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, A. Frances Johnson reads three poems from 'The Book of Interdictions' which features in the 2016 Victorian anthology.
Tow
Lo, the cell phone sleeps in its cell.The raven deactivates the horizon.There is water for everyone,but not the kind you can drink.The interdiction crews bring slabsof plastic bottles and one-syll ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Cameron Lowe reads his poem 'Breathe' which features in the 2016 Victorian anthology.
Breathe
The particulars of the evening being, whether consciously evoked or – 'a great shemozzle' & ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'egress' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.
egress
someone is leaving a plane and feeling the city wrap around them again. the atmosphere, it is always heavy around here. what that means is that it's humid. within the person there is an internal battle, then there is a decision, t ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'minimum spend' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.
minimum spend
at the patisserie the waitresses speak in French to each other while they slowly put in your coffee order. they do not seem rushed and their dialogue makes the experience seem authentic. I did not have cash and asked ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'the bus' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.
the bus
I am always on the edge of being careless. if I am leaving a table at a bar, for example, people always remind me to pick up my phone or my wallet as opposed to forgetting it. it is kind that people care to remind me. leaving th ... (read more)