States of Poetry Poems
'Travelling To My Mother Last Century' by Anne Kellas | States of Poetry Tasmania - Series Two
I step in a taxi, again. It takes me there fast,
cutting the white dotted lines of highway
into miles of silence. Back to my mother
in the ship or the plane, reversing my steps
to see her curving herself into her pillows
her red walls, her eyes not seeing me but a blur.
My mother calls to me from her place far away
in deep mind, where she has built a tower o ...
'The Finding' by Anne Kellas | States of Poetry Tasmania - Series Two
'As You Left Home One Winter's Night' by Anne Kellas | States of Poetry Tasmania - Series Two
It’s dawn but it’s dark.
Winter. Your Winterreise
begins. But you don’t want to wake.
I tried to wake you but you wouldn’t, then you would.
If I knew then what I know now.
But there was the ticket, the passport.
Your father’s ready, names and numbers, labels on the luggage.
The car is idling outside.
It’s dawn but dark.
It’s wi ...
'Probably' by Anne Kellas | States of Poetry Tasmania - Series Two
'How To Get Rid Of The Layer Of Snow' by Anne Kellas | States of Poetry Tasmania - Series Two
'Art Detective' by Lucy Dougan | States of Poetry WA - Series Two
I lie on the couch
like a beaten dog
as Philip Mould advances
on his latest art forensics
and there are these absolutely
free and liberated daubs
of greens and browns
in close-up on the screen.
They are of the earth
in a surprising and counter way
to all that sateen, country houses,
rich people by the yard.
And from my beaten dog pose< ...
States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | Introduction and 'small town apocalypse' by Susie Anderson
Wednesday, 29 June 2016In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson introduces her anthology and reads her poem 'small town apocalypse' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.
... (read more)States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'time conquers all' by Susie Anderson
Wednesday, 29 June 2016In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'time conquers all' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.
... (read more)States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'the bus' by Susie Anderson
Wednesday, 29 June 2016In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'the bus' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.
... (read more)States of Poetry 2016 NSW Podcast | 'minimum spend' by Susie Anderson
Wednesday, 29 June 2016In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Susie Anderson reads her poem 'minimum spend' which features in the 2016 NSW anthology.
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