Queensland has so far alienated about 10,000,000 acres of freehold land, and leased about 300,000,000 acres for pastoral occupation. For the first we have received about six and a quarter …
A ROOM OF MIRRORS: Hazel Hall reviews Lizz Murphy’s ‘the wear of my face’
Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Lizz Murphy is a micro poet ― at her best when forging images from a few words. One tiny phrase becomes a poem. The result is …
Home for the Rodeo (Robbie Coburn)
1 As I drive down Selkirk road for the first time in months, the thing that strikes me most is the number of cattle I see; on both sides of …
Set Me Free (Jalal Mahamede)
COURT Judge: What’s your name? Accused: Human. Judge: Who are your parents? Accused: Neither mother nor father. Judge: Place of birth? Accused: Paradise that has turned to ruins. Judge: Family …
Spirit of Renewal Poetry Reading
Welcome to SPIRIT OF RENEWAL, the Manly Art Gallery and Museum Poetry Alive Reading. This annual event, a synergy of art and poetry, is now in its 7th year. In …
Something In Your Eyes (Kween G)
Artist’s Statement ‘Something in Your Eyes’ is about identifying when someone has been affected by traumatic times. A rise of consciousness is needed in order to identify and recognise our …
Count the Ways (Linda Godfrey)
My Grandmother’s Rifle Reading at the breakfast table, I turn to the book pages and there’s a complaint from a reviewer. Modern poetry is all about the small incidents from …
The Yellow Scarf (Gay Lynch)
‘The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it’ — Oscar Wilde, The Critic as an Artist (1891) Yellow is bold, resistant and grievous. Yellow is fat with …
OPENING THE INNER EYE: Anne Casey’s ‘the light we cannot see’
Review by Wendy J Dunn Edited by Robyn Cadwallader We surface abruptly Somewhere between the third and fourth stages, …
The Mask’s Weight (Amanda Anastasi)
Artist’s Statement ‘The Mask’s Weight’ is a poem written during the COVID-19 pandemic and during Melbourne 6th COVID lockdown. It explores the idea that wearing a mask is a lesser restriction …
