States of Poetry - Poems

'&' by Chris Arnold | States of Poetry WA - Series Two

by Chris Arnold •

States of Poetry Western Australia - Series Two

States of Poetry - Poems

'&' by Chris Arnold | States of Poetry WA - Series Two

by Chris Arnold •

States of Poetry Western Australia - Series Two

you opt for form over colour
makeup smudged lenses
pale bare planes by the lakes;
a cygnet ellipsis in black
parenthetical necks;
white sky reflected in high water.

we sit where I have stayed
and watched an oak open and close –
green again – the bench
suspended on ampersands.

Chris Arnold

Chris Arnold

Chris Arnold lives in Perth, on Whadjuk Noongar country. Chris was shortlisted for the 2022 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, and he’s currently completing a PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Western Australia. He specialises in electronic literature.