Poem

Private Masterpiece

by R.A. Simpson •

November 2002, no. 246

Poem

Private Masterpiece

by R.A. Simpson •

November 2002, no. 246

You turn on lights inside your head
and after drawing in that mist
soon decide how you must paint

R.A. Simpson

Ronald Albert Simpson (1929 - 2002) was an Australian poet and artist. He edited the anthology Poetry from The Age, and his collections include Walk on the Beach (1960) and Sky’s Beach (2003).

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