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How the Angels Covet Heaven (Damen O’Brien)

Perhaps we were birds once, in another life, careless with the effervescence of the air,  perhaps a pinion or a plume still crowds our heavy shoulder blades, itching to erupt.  …

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Damen O'Brien

2019 QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners

Queensland Poetry Festival’s Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award, now in its fifth year, is named after one of Australia’s premier art dealers, Philip Bacon. All the paintings used in the competition …

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2019 Philip Bacon Ekphrasis AwardCarol McGregorClaire G ColemanDamen O'BrienJane FrankMichele SeminaraQueensland Poetry Festival

The View From Heaven (Damen O’Brien)

Tickling out of a golden universe, the native bees swarm: spots of ash in a warm wind, migraine patterns dancing. Each tiny tick and tock and black note small as …

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Damen O'Brien

The QPF Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award Winners 2015

In 2015 Queensland Poetry Festival (QPF) proudly announced the inaugural Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award. This new award is named after one of Australia’s premier art dealers, Philip Bacon, who has agreed …

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Adriana OrificiDamen O'BrienMatt HetheringtonPhilip Bacon Ekphrasis AwardQueensland Poetry FestivalRosanna LicariSarah Rice

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