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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)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Kia Groom reads 'Alice at Last' which feature in the 2016 WA anthology.
Alice at Last
'Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly...'– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
I un-wake to damage.Light-bulb stutters, franticonce off, once on, illuminatesimagined cityskyline.
Inside my bedroom it rainsf ... (read more)
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, MTC Cronin reads 'Above Us' and 'The World's Yard' which feature in the 2016 QLD anthology.
Above Us
Above us we hear the windmill yelping, circling like a trapped dog while the house sits like a black skull on the hill. Above us the tombs are rising from their rest and travelling along the roads beneath trees t ... (read more)