Nathan Shepherdson

States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'the black hand of Badia Elmi' by Nathan Shepherdson

Thursday, 23 June 2016

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Nathan Shepherdson reads his poem 'the black hand of Badia Elmi' which features in the 2016 Queensland anthology.

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'the notebooks of Mr & Mrs Emeritus' by Nathan Shepherdson | States of Poetry Queensland - Series One

Nathan Shepherdson

Monday, 22 February 2016

ironing the crease into her lung with your breath
the six words in end steam over blue charcoal in her eye

your hands arrive in separate envelopes on different days
and they are addressed to each other

even the earth in its eyedropper is not medicine to our mouths
it's the milk dispensed through holes in a flute that keeps us alive

Mr & Mrs Emeritus ...

'the black hand of Badia Elmi' by Nathan Shepherdson | States of Poetry Queensland - Series One

Nathan Shepherdson

Monday, 22 February 2016

the black hand of Badia Elmi corrected and cropped

Nathan Shepherdson

Recording

</div> </div> <div class="clr"></div> <div class="clr"></div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader">  <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-queensland/174-states-of-poetry-queensland/3110-states-of-poetry-queensland-statements-to-forget-when-remembered-by-nathan-shepherdson">'statements to forget when remembered' by Nathan Shepherdson | States of Poetry Queensland - Series One</a></h2> <div class="k2Author"> Nathan Shepherdson </div>  <span class="tagItemDateCreated"> Monday, 22 February 2016 </span> </div> <div class="tagItemBody">  <div class="k2IntroText"> <p><img src="/images/States_of_Poetry/01.jpg" alt="01" width="54" height="56" /> </p> <p>no one ha<br />s ever written <br />there is no gr <br />eater poem <br />than this one</p> <p>no one ha<br />s ever written <br />there is no gr <br />eater poem <br />then this one</p> <p> </p> <p> <img src="/images/States_of_Poetry/02.jpg" alt="02" width="45" height="52" /></p> <p>this poe ... </div> <div class="clr"></div> </div> <div class="clr"></div> <div class="clr"></div> </div>   <div class="tagItemView"> <div class="tagItemHeader">  <h2 class="tagItemTitle"><a href="/poetry/states-of-poetry/states-of-poetry-queensland/174-states-of-poetry-queensland/3107-states-of-poetry-queensland-about-nathan-shepherdson">About Nathan Shepherdson | States of Poetry Queensland - Series One</a></h2> <div class="k2Author"> Australian Book Review </div>  <span class="tagItemDateCreated"> Monday, 22 February 2016 </span> </div> <div class="tagItemBody"> <div class="customHighlightText"><span class="dropcap">N</span>athan Shepherdson was born in Brisbane. He is the author of five books of poetry. 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