Toby Fitch
States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Diva Maintenance' by Toby Fitch
her temper tanty's sus but your mites say sassy
's entering the pleather dome lookin'
poised w/ noose & savvy much obliged to
glorify her cunning firm & tout
its nous for oblivion
where the pert velvet diva never lets you rest
your glass head in which infinite
pools rotating w/ lust
voice toots from the comments field
dissing your angel
daze of body & soul come to a / won’t come to an
end on this / the last night of dearth
brows
States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'In Fancy' by Toby Fitch
States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Mauvement' by Toby Fitch
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States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | About Toby Fitch
Toby Fitch is based in Newtown, Sydney. He is poetry editor of Overland and program director for the Australian Poets Festival. He also works as a bookseller at Gleebooks, a t ...
In this episode of 'Poem of the Week' Toby Fitch reads 'In Fancy'. ABR's Poetry Editor, Lisa Gorton, introduces Toby who then reads and discusses his poem.
... (read more)Jennifer Maiden’s eighteenth book of poetry bears yet another title punning on war (remember Tactics, The Problem of Evil, The Occupying Forces, The Border Loss, Acoustic Shadow, Friendly Fire). Her umbrella themes – politics, power, evil, the public and private selves, war, and the role of art – are back. The title is ...
As a result of the public works of Puncher & Wattmann, it has been established yet again that a book of poetry can andshould combine meaning and design in a shock of pleasure. Toby Fitch’s first full-length collection, especially the central title poem, does this in spades. Orpheus returns to ...
... (read more)'Oscillations', a new poem by Toby Fitch.
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