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States of Poetry 2016 - South Australia | 'Shorts' by Aidan Coleman

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States of Poetry South Australia - Series One

States of Poetry 2016 - South Australia | 'Shorts' by Aidan Coleman

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States of Poetry South Australia - Series One

Octopus

Quick across the twilight road,
the eight legs of the cat.

 

Flood

Water corrects the earth
to flatness, patching fields with sky.

 

Alarm

Little boat of red figures, adrift between two days.

 

Window

The creek slides through the rain's eyelashes.

 

Aidan Coleman

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