As the sharp-eyed among you will notice, the Upcoming Workshops list has gone. That's because the funding for Community Education at CPIT was ‘reviewed’, and cut by 50%. As a result, the ACE department was disbanded at the end of 2010, and so my poetry courses no longer have a home. On the plus side …
A Tree Ate My Garden!
At long last, I return to the blog, although this is really just an excuses excuses post. Things have been a little chaotic. I meant to at least post a proper end-of-year-roundup, but in the week leading up to Christmas, this happened: What you're looking at it the remains of my poor vegetable garden, and …
Tuesday Poem – “Otherwise”, by Jane Kenyon
I got out of bed on two strong legs. It might have been otherwise. I ate cereal, sweet milk, ripe, flawless peach. It might have been otherwise. I took the dog uphill to the birch wood. All morning I did the work I love. At noon I lay down with my mate. It might have …
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Earthquake update
Thanks to everyone who has been asking how we're doing in the aftermath of Saturday's earthquake. We're both fine so far, although the aftershocks are scaring the bejesus out of us on a regular basis. But the house is ok, we're both uninjured, and there's been no real damage to anything. The chimney has cracks …
WA Spring Poetry Festival 2010
Sorry things here at A Dark Feathered Art have been so quietly lately. Life has become somewhat complicated, not least of all because on Saturday afternoon I'm heading across the Tasman to attend the 2010 WA Spring Poetry Festival and Australian National Poetry Week. It's my first festival as a guest artist – I'm the …
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