Where the bee dances
I came across this wonderful verse at Plumwood Mountain – on the threshold of the hive by Alice Allan… Continue reading
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The old men talk about Skopje at the pool where
I do my twenty. Drum-tight bellies becoming boulders.
Swim? Never, but they can’t wait to get their gear off and recline
– bronzed Aristotle and pupil – on the warm cement. Continue reading
Friday favourites for 10 Nov.
(a little late)
If you haven’t caught up with the latest edition of Cordite – do yourself a favour. Continue reading
Eight views of a Lego® block
(i)
Among everything moving —
the gulls and the kelp lifting and again
or slumping in the early heat
Lego® is still. Continue reading
Hyperbole
[Dear WordPress readers,
this looks so much better on my site]
Comes the last allusion, now the final verse. Continue reading
Quantum quadrille (ii)
The complete ‘Poets speaking up to Adani’
Links to the poems from 30 October 2017 day of poets speaking up to Adani can be accessed via the link “Poets speak up to Adani – Day of Action” under the banner above.
via Poets speaking up to Adani – poems still available — Plumwood Mountain
Friday favourites – 3 November
Poets speaking up to Adani – John Kinsella
And John Kinsella in Dantesque form – Poets speaking up to Adani – John Kinsella
Leonora and the serpent
How many names for a woman? Girl, sweetie, whore
wife-before-she-knows-it, mother, crone, missus.
But I called you by your name — Leonora. Continue reading
Peter Frankis writes 