I was delighted to feature on author Suzanne Leal’s Thursday Book Club. We dove into my poetry collection Suburban Fantasy, read some rather dark poems, talked about what inspired them and discussed what it’s like being managing editor of literary journal Verity La. Suzanne’s friendly and informal online book club can be joined every Thursday night here.
I’m delighted that Suburban Fantasy has been reviewed so thoroughly and thoughtfully in The Canberra Times. It’s one of the few papers that still regularly features and reviews poetry. Priceless! Suburban Fantasy establishes itself disquietingly from the first poem, and it’s not the romp the raspberry-pink, pop-cultural binding of the book might suggest. This is fantasy from the word’s deep …
I’m fortunate to have had some commentary about Suburban Fantasy published in the last few weeks. My thanks to Gemma Billington for conducting this thought-provoking interview. THE MOST POWERFUL POETS FOR ME SPEAK TO WHAT’S TRUEST AND MOST FUNDAMENTAL IN THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE, AND IN READING AND RECOGNISING MY OWN INNER WORLD IN THEIRS, I FIND COMRADERY AND SOLACE. — …
I’ve had an angry little poem published over on the excellent Bluepepper — the place for poetry with bite. This poem certainly has some! Thanks to editor Justin Lowe for his unfailing support. Graffiti Degrade degrade degrade yourself take care to curl up small. Have I grown compact enough? Unfurl me at your peril. In the lengthening autumn of my shadow …
Your fierce face on the pillow— brows spearing down towards wide bisected koala nose succulent lips acute resilient chin. Tonight you are troubled by concerns beyond your scope: baffling sorrows pervading childhood’s lair… Felt inside the strident pitch of your father on the telephone; the tremulous tone of your mother’s lullabies. Felt in the streak of the cat, the slink …
My mother’s house surrounds me in a shroud: the tinkling of the teaspoon as my father stirs his tea, his tea; the chug of the washing machine that never dies. The tubular wind chimes casting their cool auric spell around us; the complaint of the floorboards bearing up our lives. And the busyness, of the birds in bush …
I have had a poem, Ms Suburbia, published in Salon Style: Fiction, Poetry & Art. Edited by Brian Centrone, Salon Style is an e-book of work by writers, poets, and artists, in diverse genres such as Gothic/Horror, Sci-Fi, Women’s Lit, and Americana. It really is a very eclectic mix of voices, and I’m proud to have been included. The book, which …
At the beginning of this year I was asked to read my poetry at The Woman Scream International Poetry Festival in Sydney. The festival is celebrated in March every year in many countries throughout the world, and seeks to bring attention to issues such as violence against women, as well as to support and showcase the voices of women …
I have had a poem, Grand Mont, published in Verity La, an online creative arts journal which publishes short fiction and poetry, cultural comment, photomedia, reviews, and interviews. I absolutely love Verity La, which prides itself on showcasing “writing that gets you in the head as well as the gut, that has a point, that isn’t afraid.” My kind of journal! …
My poem, ‘Bleak Love’, has been published in PASH capsule, a very cool Facebook site with a focus on love (the good and the bad), and poetry. Please check it out! https://www.facebook.com/pashcapsule (And many thanks to editor Stuart Barnes.)