Poetry
To Sculpt The Moment: Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2008 edited by Hunter Writers’ Centre
by Anthony Lynch •
Until this morning
I’ve been woken up
by a red wattle bird
flinging himself
at the glass
of my half-open window
calling throatily
with raucous cheek
as he prances the wood
of my balcony rail ... (read more)
I’ve been woken up
by a red wattle bird
flinging himself
at the glass
of my half-open window
calling throatily
with raucous cheek
as he prances the wood
of my balcony rail ... (read more)
I was given to this body as haphazardly
As the monster of Frankenstein.
Lightning is a man’s metaphor,
But like fire it provides
A force alien to question.
Perhaps I am only this, this flesh,
Flashing Eyes and Floating Hair: A reading of Gwen Harwood’s pseudonymous poetry by Cassandra L. Atherton
by Jennifer Strauss •