Poetry

Observance Exhibition 2011/2012

‘Silent Party’ by Hannah Paton

urban eucalyptus
over what shady dealings
have you photosynthesised?

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‘pucker’ by Sue Stanford

watch
him watch
his daughter
watch

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‘dogbite’ by Elizabeth Blackmore

my dog did this I grab my arm to keep it shut no blood
but from the holes ooze yellow worms of fat you got rid

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‘Broken Sleep’ by Leah Hobson

Little petals close together
Your eyes will not let tears fall through

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‘blue wren’ by Glenn Harper

alone in a gully
a blue wren
checks me out

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‘For a little while after you died’ by Eleanor Jackson

to stave off the inevitable conclusion
that there was no longer any meaning to anything any more

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‘Txt Msg’ by Elspeth Brock

Undrneath concrete a WHALE, pls bring jakhammer, I will shout u bfast & a hard hat, our ♥s will be buttrd & WHALE will sing freedom songs til lunch…

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‘the fog’ by Rob Scott

the city
where it was
before the fog

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‘Small Wonder’ by Natalie Mills Lyndon

No lyrical odes come for you,
disregarded slug.

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‘Expectation’ by Keri Rehfisch

Solid as a pumpkin beneath my nightgown,
you are resting in darkness, gestating,

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‘untitled (bottleshop)’ by Lisa Wardle

bottleshop
variations
on forgetting

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‘Hotel room’ by Maria Takolander

This is a place furnished by sanity.
The bed cover, beige, has been ironed of dreams.

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‘Planting Out the Seedlings’ by Anne Carson

What worship I have in me
these days is done in these

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‘Alone’ by Chatchai Padthayanan

Ever since he crossed the great ocean that split East from East, he travel alone,

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‘Unbroken Wave - Diamond Bay’ by Michelle Leber

High up on the rock face a shifting wind bellow-sweeps
at feather grass on the last inch of cliff.

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‘thursday train’ by Timothy Brown

lone palm
lost
in ringwood

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‘Introvert’ by Natasha Simonds

i never go out
said the introvert
to his camembert

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‘[blank]’ by Daniel Senia

the future is a blank canvas and I don’t paint

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