Thursday, November 9, 2023

POETRY

POETRY

Edited by Catherine Skipper

Poetry

‘DNA’

Rosalind Flatman -
Out of swirling patterns of slime ...
Poetry

‘Tessellation’

Jo Tracy -
Senses working overtime ...
Poetry

‘Forma’

Axiomsense -
In fields of flowers, petals in array ...
Poetry

‘the pattern maker’

Catherine Skipper -
folded selvage to selvage ...
Poetry

‘I left my DNA behind’

Adrian Spry -
I left my DNA behind ...
Poetry

‘I was a killa’

Adrian Spry -
I was a killa ...
Poetry

‘Lemon Tea’

Rosalind Flatman -
That summer in the garden ...
Poetry

‘The Coming of Lemonicia’

Yvonne Hocothee -
“Lemons! We are drowning in lemons!” ...
Poetry

‘The Zing’

Axiomsense -
In orchards kissed by the sun's warm embrace ...
Poetry

‘Ovid in Bogan Gate’

Catherine Skipper -
is the sweet, acidic fragrance ...
Poetry

‘here’s a lemon’

Catherine Skipper -
here’s a lemon ...
Poetry

‘Citrus Limon’

Jo Tracy -
I struggle with how to write about you ...
Poetry

‘Lemon’

Andrew Collis -
Brain like a lemon ...
Poetry

‘In the forest’

Axiomsense -
In the forest, a trail leaves its traces ...
Poetry

‘Life’s Tapestry’

Axiomsense -
Amid the whispers of time’s embrace ...
Poetry

‘Traces’

Rosalind Flatman -
Black and white films of the 1940s ...
Poetry

‘At the Valkhaven’

Andrew Collis -
My love for you, I trace it back ...
Poetry

‘the thin gold rim’

Catherine Skipper -
the thin gold rim ...
Poetry

‘Her siren song’

Jo Tracy -
Her siren song ...
Poetry

‘Champagne’

Axiomsense -
Since the end of the nineteenth century ...
Poetry

‘Fire and Ice’

Rosalind Flatman -
There, on the side of the giant hull ...
Poetry

‘elegy’

Catherine Skipper -
the dream of pleasure ...
Poetry

‘White Over Red On Blue’

Andrew Collis -
After the epiphany ...
Poetry

‘The Men from Snowy River’

Anne Camac -
Banjo ...
Poetry

‘Legacy’

Rosalind Flatman -
Boys and girls ...
Poetry

‘Seven Pages (Song for Banjo)’

Andrew Collis -
I sing the shearers’ strike, a woolshed fire ...
Poetry

‘Banjo’

Axiomsense -
If you asked any Australian about me ...
Poetry

‘Banjoke’

Catherine Skipper -
There was movement at the church hall ...
Poetry

‘Ted Astaire’

Axiomsense -
Days long ago, Sunday afternoons prepare ...
Poetry

‘Toy Story’

Catherine Skipper -
Christmas Eve ...
Poetry

‘The Midnight Search for Teddy’

Yvonne Hocothee -
Jim the toddler was inconsolable ...
Poetry

‘Ted’

Anne Camac -
Ted was Erin’s little bear ...
Poetry

‘Evelyn Says’

Andrew Collis -
Evelyn says beware the drop bear ...
Poetry

‘problematic’

Catherine Skipper -
bears are none too amiable ...
Poetry

‘In Pursuit of a Bear’

Rosalind Flatman -
Golden fur, bright knowing eyes ...
Poetry

‘the sun busies itself’

Catherine Skipper -
the sun busies itself ...
Poetry

‘Shooting Star’

Yvonne Hocothee -
Celestial renegade –...
Poetry

‘Zapateo’

Adrian Spry -
Zapateo ...
Poetry

‘Doomsday’

Rosalind Flatman -
Earthlings cower in alarm ...
Poetry

‘Perihelion’

Axiomsense -
At 254,000 kilometres an hour ...
Poetry

‘a comet christened Hale Bopp’

Catherine Skipper -
a comet christened Hale Bopp ...
Poetry

‘Lonnie Holley’

Andrew Collis -
Lonnie Holley knows ...
Poetry

‘Make a Drawing’

Andrew Collis -
Now make a drawing ...
Poetry

‘Magic metal honours’

Yvonne Hocothee -
Messieurs Plant and Jones ...
Poetry

‘Realisation’

Rosalind Flatman -
Stairway to a third-floor Heaven ...
Poetry

‘New specs’

Jasmin Rose -
I've got new specs, round and clear ...
Poetry

‘bicycle boom’

Catherine Skipper -
out flies the glass ...
Poetry

‘Celestial Buffet’

Axiomsense -
It’s been ‘suggested’ by some ‘so called’ experts ...
Poetry

‘heavy blue metal’

Catherine Skipper -
a small blue egghead ...
Poetry

‘Angry Man’

Andrew Collis -
Bandana, crossbones, top hat ...
Poetry

‘Tone Deaf’

Jasmin Rose -
Deep in the blue, no words are spoken ...
Poetry

‘Seeking Silence’

Yvonne Hocothee -
The cacophony of the city ...

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