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Caged Without Walls - First Look Cover
Artwork by the talented Joanna Gambotto
What do you think?
It should be available before the end of June.
Ginninderra Press
Released in 2013 - Available https://www.anthonyjlangfordbooks.com/
Next week,
A new video poem - Treachery.
Shot in beautiful Kangaroo Valley, NSW
Beware of the blurb (x 2)
I'm a lucky guy.
Two of Australia's most wonderful poets will have their blurbs on the back cover of Caged Without Walls. There's no catch. No money changed hands (though I would have gladly!). I sent them the manuscript and they very kindly agreed to provide a few sentences. I guess that means my work isn't total shit. If I never publish another book, I will always have this one. Truly, I am honoured.
So here then is a little about each of them and a random poem which may not represent them fully or even be close to their best, just a mere sample.
Andrew Burke
- Summer Holidays
As a late afternoon seabreeze
rattled the sleepout's louvres,
Father sang -
"It's illegal, it's immoral,
Or it makes you fat ..."
The air smelt of sundried seaweed.
Our long shadows did
crude tableaux on the grass.
'Go on, dare ya!'
but the girls didn't bite.
Overpainted for daylight,
Mother sulked in her sundress,
swivelling ice
with a red-nailed finger.
Like a blowfish,
our host sucked air
to fire-up the barbecue.
Father sang on, oblivious.
We shared our fourth jug
of ice-cubed raspberry cordial,
clinking our glasses together.
'The future,' I toasted.
The other kids just
looked at me.
His most recent work is Undercover of Lightness available through Walleah Press.
Graham Nunn
Likewise, Graham Nunn has had multiple books published.
Graham Nunn
Likewise, Graham Nunn has had multiple books published.
The First 30 and other poems is his latest,
written in response to the birth of his first son. Some of his other books are
available here.
You can read more about Graham here.
He also runs a Poetry event in Brisbane called Speedpoets which
has going for over a decade. They produce an old fashioned zine which you can
subscribe to. It's small but only $20 for a year's subscription, roughly 8
issues.
You can read more about Graham here.
He also runs a Poetry event in Brisbane called Speedpoets which
has going for over a decade. They produce an old fashioned zine which you can
subscribe to. It's small but only $20 for a year's subscription, roughly 8
issues.
Here's one of his poems published only a few days ago..
Toddle (part vi)
the afternoon like a fragment
pollen colours the air
in every nose
pollen colours the air
in every nose
you grab at mum’s skirt
bare your teeth and beg
for milk
bare your teeth and beg
for milk
the wind is sweet and rank
always is
the sky a hoarse throat reciting
always is
the sky a hoarse throat reciting
there is silence after
the hunger in both
your bodies fold
the hunger in both
your bodies fold
*
I urge you to investigate them both further.
Oh, what did they write in regards to Caged Without Walls?
You'll have to buy the book to find out.
It should be available in early June '13 here.
It should be available in early June '13 here.
See you soon.
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Published
Let me believe in tiny fortunes
My video poem This tiny fortune has been accepted by Otoliths, an Australian based online magazine. It is live now in Issue 29. There is a variety of material for your perusal. It's quite comprehensive.
Here is a poem I wrote in March of 2012.
Let me believe
When they offer
you a glimpse into fantasy
It’s a very
alluring proposition
One which you
are eager to pursue
As we want to
believe
Because belief is
tantalizing
Belief is
security
Belief is the
possibility of dreams made tangible.
Yet conviction is
security
And we can
hardly fathom
That we could be
deceived…
That an
individual
Would go to so
much effort
To present an
illusion.
And yet some
people
Are not us
And we are hurt
Like children
And dismayed
In the knowledge
That greed can
be manifested
So strongly
And wholly
More than
dreams.
So don’t ask us
to sing the national anthem
When some don’t
rejoice at all.
As we are not
unified
Only when we
find a common enemy
And even then
Temporarily.
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Next post
More news of my soon to be published poetry collection Caged Without Walls.
Until then,
=]
Past catching up
Past catching up and overtaking
I have a new poem up at Fat City Review.
I sat in my car
Outside her house...
(In case it bothers you, I would give it an adult warning).
It's been up for a while but I wasn't aware.
It's up towards the top but there's plenty else to explore too.
Please leave a small comment there to support me and the good folks at Fat City.
Thank you.
Previous poems on this site, here.
By the way, the Book Face artwork appears in the same issue.
Soon,
My first poetry collection Caged Without Walls is full steam ahead.
Exciting news on who is writing the blurbs for the back cover.
Until then,
Thanks for dropping in.
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