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The Mother Workshops and Other Poems by Jeri Kroll & Shadows at the Gate by Robyn Rowland

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May 2004, no. 261
Lisa Gorton reviews ‘The Mother Workshops and Other Poems’ by Jeri Kroll and ‘Shadows at the Gate’ by Robyn Rowland

Robyn Rowland and Jeri Kroll write what you might call anecdotal poetry: simple, intimate and direct. Kroll, for instance, writes about her dogs, doing her taxes and sleeping in, with the sketchy, conversational tone of someone thinking out loud: ‘Does age smell? The older the dog grows, / the more he smells like a labrador, / though he’s a border collie and blue heeler.’

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Private Masterpiece

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November 2002, no. 246

You turn on lights inside your head
and after drawing in that mist
soon decide how you must paint

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The Place of Reeds

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November 2002, no. 246

Kogarah (suppress the first ‘a’ and it scans)
Named by the locals for the creek’s tall reeds
That look like an exotic dancer’s fans
When dead, was where I lived. Born to great deeds

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