2018 ~ Helen Hagemann

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Prose poem: Glassware

Glassware Blue blue blue as bulbs blown and a size that is not sad while hanging. Silver is every bit blue and as beautiful as gold and the green of giving. Suppose there was a game, a fancier present, or a clean mixture of white and not a coal colour, never a coal colour together but a separation of the sight of blue and green and silver and gold for that reason....

Prose Poem: Hotel

Hotel On occasion it is a splendid address. A kind of green and the spark is brighter and the patio indicates wine and winsome should the flowers flow freely over. The game for guests is food and should there be coffee a certain time selected for that is assured, suppose it is even necessary to dress formerly and suppose it was actual in August with music more melodious...

Prose poem: Black Pottery

Black Pottery Pottery is charm a shape nicely a vase, an urn, a holdall for ash and plant. Earthenware may not be strange in colour if cooked in dirt and fire, there need not be distress if the clay cools to black; black pottery not painted, not strange if change is taking place in the kiln. Colour is cunning in nature. So then, the order is round, pear-shaped or statue;...

Hut A hut suggests nothing except it is old and a measure of length and height and made of stone. It appears lost and alone sitting beside a field on a gravelly road, yet the right reason is utility and certainly it is not negative which means it has a purpose. There’s a strong panting when the wheelbarrow is offloaded and a winter’s fuel is stacked delicately, delicately...

Great News! Dorothy Hewett Poetry Award name dropped!

VARUNA RESIDENTIAL FELLOWSHIPS Flagship Fellowships are offered to writers whose work shows a striking and original voice in fiction, short stories, narrative non-fiction, environmental writing and/or poetry. The Flagship Fellowships are: Eleanor Dark Fellowship - Fiction: Established in memory of Blue Mountains writer Eleanor Dark, this writing fellowship...

OOTA Spilt Ink Competition 2018

OOTA's (Out of the Asylum) Spilt Ink Competition 2018 is open to all financial members of writing organisations affiliated with Writers United WA. Categories Poetry (max 30 lines) and Short Fiction (max 2000 words) - Separate judge for each category Writers may submit up to three entries in each category Entry Fees Poetry - $10 for one poem; $15 for two or $20 for...

TWO VERY BRAVE WOMEN

I have to add, that after watching The Project on Sunday night and Lisa Wilkinson's interview with Kate and Rozanne Lilley, I think these women are truly amazing and I admire them immensely. They simply told their story of a disfunctional upbringing by their mother, Dorothy Hewett. Kate Lilley read a poem which was very heartfelt and poignant about her underage sexual abuse....

The daughters of Dorothy Hewett, Kate and Rozanne Lilley have come out publicly and spoken about the sexual abuse they received as children. Kate Lilley was raped at the age of 15 (under the age of consent) and Rosanne was subjected to paedophile acts from the age of 11, 12 & 13, Just about every paper in the country has covered their story: The Australian, The Sydney...

UPDATE; NO ASAL'S PUBLICATION OF CHANGE OF RULES I have been advised that the "RULES" for the Mary Gilmore were discussed at the ASAL's AGM in 2017. A little conference apparently between the board and the hierarchy of past judges. It appears that from now on the award is discretionary, but according to Consumer Rights and I have read some of the new 2011 laws to protect...

Reviewed: Emerald: Of Forest and Stone by Paula Lang

Emerald: Of Forest and Stone by Paula Lang My rating: 4 of 5 stars With echoes of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series and The Lord of the Rings, Paula Lang has published her first fantasy novel Emerald: Of Forest and Stone. While the Twilight Saga and The Lord of the Rings has made it to film and also to the top of the best seller list, it is interesting to note that...

War: a Mary Gilmore poem & the Mary Gilmore Award 2018

Australia and its Literary Environment. It's interesting when you discover anomalies in this Australian literary establishment. I was once short-listed for the Mary Gilmore award, but because I had previous published chapbooks, the short-list acknowledgement was removed from the public realm. I have discovered that the short-list for the 2018 Mary Gilmore Award contains...

Sunline Press

Great to see my publisher back on board (or is the press riding on a new wave?) and online! Sunline Press Sunline Press is an independent book publisher that was established in 2000 by Roland Leach. It primarily publishes works of poetry by individual poets but has branched out with its online magazine, Cuttlefish, to include flash fiction…http://www.sunlinepre...

Prose Poem: Guitar Statue

Guitar Statue A dark grey, a very dark grey, quite dark it is almost black. This statue is a composition not for practice. Ordinarily, a guitar would...

Mirror: A Prose Poem

Mirror The reflection is opposite and this means exchange, and when a face is recognised it’s not evading artistic meaning or expression should the colour change. What is important is choice and position and what if there is shine, shine, shine! An angle of dazzle brings too much frustration. There is this exception every time there is too much light because a brightly...

Prose poem: Souvenirs

Souvenirs There is a whole collection made. Three boards and there is a filling, no delay with the right measure. There is pleasure in fired clay, artefacts of cork and country. They are little gifts of language, too, to be kept and mounted. Ladies will be sales of beautiful, beautiful! Very likely it is a passion and can speak of reckless spending, eyes on wristwatch,...

Prose Poem: A Fountain

A Fountain A fountain is a point of return if lost. The heart will embrace the sound of water. So pure is the flow that nearly all of it shows pearls of light. It’s remarkable when the basin is level and not an inch over, one spout covering the work of two. It’s a spring of hope if hot or cold but does not mean soap. Unprecedented change and the whole thing...

Archways Archways are charming places when it’s raining. Umbrellas are out and this shows direction. Looking into its space it’s hanging, a shape heavy above with melody. It leads to sweet singing, a stage of learning and it’s not disappointing when a ticket is entry. Returning, there is semblance where shadows are darker and there is no dust and no dirt within....

"The Sisters' Song" by Louise Allan reviewed

The Sisters' Song by Louise Allan My rating: 5 of 5 stars A Book on a Grand Scale Every now and again a book comes along that is exceptional, a story that allows you to sink beyond the page into the lives of the characters, their heartaches, failures, warmth and sincerity. Such is The Sisters' Song a debut novel by Louise Allan. It's a family saga, set...

BOOKS SALE @ 50% OFF

SALE @ 50% OFF Of Arc & Shadow $5 + $1 postage = $6.00 Evangelyne & Other Poems $2.50 + 0.70 cents postage = $3.20 Contact Helen @ hagemann.helen@gmail.com All Prices include above postage. Within Australia only Books Shipped in 2 Business Days. REGULAR PRICES: Below if you use your Paypal account Email Within 24 Hours. Poem from of Arc...