Poem for the Day - Camping WA

Camping WAWhen the days seemed longer,the road wider, we headed south,panel van & surfcat hitched.You knew where the road led, through acresof Tuarts, valleys that searched the sky.Ahead were thick forests in sleepy canvas,first pee at Margaret River, before a coast roadto Walpole, smell of dieback as thick as theleafy glare that fluttered through windows.The kids' heads doing a backward poundinginto upholstery. Their hands scattering toys,knuckles...

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Poem for the Day - Kewpie Doll

Kewpie DollLittle doll, good luck charm, fairy wings,rustles her blue taffeta skirt in the wind.She is part of carnivalé, as old as Ray Lawler'splay, Summer of the 17th Doll.Flocks of morning light glaze her pink headwith only one dent, having been held too many times.Her faded lipstick pouts an "O" as the mouths of girls,words forming seduction in their heads.She has lost her wand, her diamond ring,but not her kiss-curl, her good luck heart.At the...

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Robert Adamson & Mark Tredinnick at PIWF

Perth Writers Festival - Sunday 1st March 2009: 5.00 - 6.00pm @ the Dolphin Theatre UWA.PoeticaRobert Adamson and Mark Tredinnick will consider themes that shape their poetry and share some of their recent writing. Chair: Johanna Featherstone.Robert Adamson's books, including Inside Out grace the shelves of my poetry library. I have all but two, however, his latest collection The Golden Bird includes poetry from those collections. I am yet to discover...

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