Sorry about the delay in approving comments for the last Tuesday Poem. I was in Sydney. Why? Yep, The Summer King won the Mary Gilmore Prize for Poetry! The award was presented at the opening of the 2010 ASAL Conference, at my alma mater, the University of New South Wales. Actually the links to my …
Tuesday Poem – “Moore”, by Tony Curtis
When his mother came back each night from the laundry exhausted he would rub liniment into her shoulders until they eased. This was the anatomy lesson of love, the boy learning and exploring, re-forming the first body. Run your hand over the surface of her leg, the solid, ridged bronze, his vision made large – …
worlds in sand
I try to keep posts here at least tangentially related to the world of poetry and writing, but I couldn't resist sharing this. It's a 24 year old Ukranian, Kseniya Simonova, from Ukraine's Got Talent! She draws with sand on a lit table, and the images are projected onto a screen behind her. And it …
Tuesday Poem – “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”, by John Donne
As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say “The breath goes now,” and some say, “No” So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Movement of …
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Courses for CPIT Term Three
As you may have noticed, I've put up the list of poetry courses for next term at CPIT. There are three on offer, and the blurbs are below. Clicking on this link will take you to the downloadable enrollment form. If you are interested in attending one, PLEASE don't leave it until the last minute to enroll. …
A Dark Feathered Art 