States of Poetry
You feel this way, kind of free when you lie down
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I was riding a shark through Cork, just for the exercise of course
It might seem quaint but rather it was
Gorgeous, like an early morning courtyard
Imagine the dialogue. AC/DC confronts shark
shark repeats
shadow prime minister's
Gaffe
You guys are the white Australian Uluru. Fancy, say ...
Who are you? You hear the song, the
Good line along with the others in the
Hair salon. That place for standing in; for< ...
Strawberries: a mania of strawberries on a
Turntable
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Like a teacup in a snowstorm I
Find you and break you. A sentry reptile, I advise you
To return quietly to the campfire. You mistakenly took
My interest in theology for a strategy
for Marcia Langton The rock-art guide, combusting Gwion rock art from the 'Tassel era' is happy art, 1. for Lee Harwood Softly solarised and parallel # ... Quick across the twilight road, Water corrects the earth Little boat of red figures, adrift between two days. The creek slides through the rain's eyelashes.
Should the unique serve to typify? The Asian couple.States of Poetry 2016 - Victoria | 'Australian awe: white guys on life and art before 1788' by A. Frances Johnson
in 43 degrees, back to image.
His sloppy dreamtime
a melted ice-cream,
far from refrigerated sublime.
though contentiously attributed and dated, he says,
authoritative white sweater in white sweater.
States of Poetry 2016 - Victoria | 'Diary of an Anti-elegist' by A. Frances Johnson
Even poetry dements in the end; fatal attractions to dank earth
and ash albums don't fool or buy time. Poetry cherry-picks
memory for its own ends; yet that's a medicated narcissism for
some. Earnest elegies are often rejected by dogs and children.
Listen to them howl. Voting for life outside of ritual.
I'm on your side; I'm with the hounds and the kids. I won ... States of Poetry 2016 - South Australia | 'Gilbert Place - Cafe Boulevard' by Ken Bolton
two lines echo each other, glow slightly,
in a space that is nowhereOctopus
the eight legs of the cat.Flood
to flatness, patching fields with sky.Alarm
Window
Have they been ill-used? To what purpose?Asian Couple
I am inclined to think Chinese –
mostly on the basis of size,
but not Japanese (the ...