Hidden Author
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Ken Bolton reads 'Gilbert Place - Cafe Boulevard' which features in the 2016 South Australian anthology.
Gilbert Place - Cafe Boulevard
for Lee Harwood
Softly solarised and paralleltwo lines echo each other, glow slightly,in a space that is nowhere
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In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Michael Farrell reads 'New Dr Williams' which features in the 2016 Victorian anthology.
New Dr Williams
Who are you? You hear the song, theGood line along with the others in theHair salon. That place for standing in; for Politics _______ The New Dr Williams with his tricks of ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Michael Farrell reads 'Fancy' which features in the 2016 Victorian anthology.
Fancy
I was riding a shark through Cork, just for the exercise of courseIt might seem quaint but rather it wasGorgeous, like an early morning courtyardImagine the dialogue. AC/DC confronts shark shar ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Michael Farrell reads 'C.O.U.N.T.R.Y' which features in the 2016 Victorian anthology.
C.O.U.N.T.R.Y
You feel this way, kind of free when you lie down
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I've seen it, the cocking head, the dipping branch, but nowI'm thinking of something else. The long ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Paul Hetherington reads 'Gap' and 'River' which feature in the 2016 ACT anthology.
Gap
A gap opened every eveningemitting a panting – as soft as darkness,or stray dog at exhaustion's end.Unsettling, like a straggly bird,it dropped dark feathersof prickling desire into the room.It knew the edges of solitud ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Kia Groom reads 'Inferno I: Invasion Day' which feature in the 2016 WA anthology.
Inferno:I
Invasion Day
My thighs are cold in the crevicewhere the Coke can restedas I drove. By the mailboxesthe ginger guy is ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Kia Groom reads 'Tulpa' which feature in the 2016 WA anthology.
Tulpa
from the Tibetan meaning 'to build' or 'to construct'
I.
In 1992, Alice made a Tulpa.
Carry an amulet. Kiss its three sharp corners. Shine.
It began subjective, but with practice could be seen: imagined ghost that flickered in the physical ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Kia Groom reads 'Phantasmagoria' which feature in the 2016 WA anthology.
Phantasmagoria
Dot by dot, the backsof eyelids. Draw it slowly,shape of sentimental spine.You curve that way.
I breathe the countdown& the world falls, air by air.
In the white room you cloudover bedsheets,unsettled weather, & no ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Kia Groom reads 'Catholic Education' which feature in the 2016 WA anthology.
Catholic Education
Itch in the vein, the road hot stillfrom sun, an asphalt streambisecting unlit houses. Slip of an alleycat through a spittle of starlight.
Last cigarette, the way Em curlsher yellow fingers into small mouthedsweater ... (read more)