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The Jabberwocky, Didion, self respect and giving myself a break | Fuck Politeness
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This is a revolution, not a public relations movement ”. Fuckpoliteness comes out of retirement to say DON’T VOTE ABBOTT! Challenge for Elizabeth Farrelly: shut the fuck up ›. August 9, 2010. The Jabberwocky, Didion, self respect and giving myself a break. I read an article. To be informed by Helen from A Cast Iron Balcony. That the author is a blogger from Melbourne. This didn’t surprise me as I frequently see a lot more thoughtfulness devoted to a blog post by those at Hoyden, and the blogger...It̵...
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Fuck Politeness | This is a revolution, not a public relations movement | Page 2
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This is a revolution, not a public relations movement ”. Newer posts ›. February 27, 2011. Saturday night in the city. I met up with a friend tonight and we ate at Spice I Am. We had a great night of catching up and when it was time to leave I headed back to the QVB to wait for a bus home. I became aware that there was a couple next to me and I saw him take her face in his hands and they kissed as though it was their last night on earth. Sometimes people don’t suck. February 24, 2011. But onto the articl...
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Gifts | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. My grandmothers gave you presents. Yellow hand-knitted booties,. The very same pattern my father wore once. And so did I. A white cloth to wrap you in. Embroidered with a bumble bee. For days they seemed to herald. Feet that would curl into them. A body damp and warm. And small enough to hold. Now they cup emptiness. I fold them away to save for another. I will not even give you a name. But I give you all the names. The silly names we giggled over late at night. But it will be pretty.
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Almost Perfect | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. They are not sure. But they say in all likelihood. You will not make it. Is not close enough. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Top Posts and Pages.
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To Spring | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. You’ve been wooing me for days,. Invisibly, with the most delicate of whispers. With a fragrant smell despite the clouds,. With sunlight on my bathroom floor,. With snowdrops crowding the tombstones. Of the old church. I’m pretending not to notice,. Knowing (rightly) that winter will crush me again,. Hammer me with black weight,. And I am so tired. How can I trust what weighs less than my breathing. And vanishes when I turn around? But look, winter’s worn himself out with gravity.
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Reading | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. Sightlines, by Kathleen Jamie. I am absolutely entranced. The Secret River (re-read for teaching). Potiki, Patricia Grace (re-read for teaching). Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe (re-read for teaching) Interesting how different the experience of reading this is now I have children. The Bees, Carol Ann Duffy. The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai. Found this hard going but utterly haunting. The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert – adored this one. The Strays, Emily Bitto.
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Twelve Week Ultrasound | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. In love with your flickering image. You are too fast for us. You bounce and twist and wriggle. But that white grainy ghost child. Your very own darkness. Is translucent, soft and warm. Fierce dream of blood and sinews. You are all body. I hear your heart beat. At exactly the right speed. I see you place your hand against me. I see you kick, I see you float. In the forgiving space. I see you turn away. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Angel Baby | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. How I smiled at those women on the forums. Who termed their miscarriages ‘angel babies’. Who imagined them floating on clouds. I scoff no longer. And yet. You are no angel. I do not think of clouds, I think of the steady earth. You are as real as the old yellow hill. With twilight in its crevices. As real as grains and folds of earth. And the pungent leaves. You are more real than the wind that twists the leaves. And you are much more real than, say, stars,. You are right here.
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stammerer | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. I know the cruelty of consonants. The sweep deep swish. Of sss-ss-sssss, the fish gaping. I want to float. You guess my words. With clear tongue,. Precise mouth, cruel. Choking, knocking, flapping. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Now turning your pages.
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Publications | northern lights
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Coat of Many Colours. Published by Wakefield Press, 2002. It contains twenty-eight of my poems, under the title. Ed by Oz Hardwick, published by Bluechrome Press, 2005. Contains eight of my poems. Bard’s Venerable Vernacular. Published in The Australian, 2007. One thought on “ Publications. Pingback: Adelaide « northern lights. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email.
