Two writing exercises from the retreat
I’m not a great writer of prose, but when in Rome … a story in which the main character cannot see I react to sound, you know. The clap, slap, or tread of a footstep. The tinkle of a silver spoon...
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I'm conscious of not posting a lot, just recently - I think the Ukraine pictures and constant writing took a little something out of me, in the writing department. So, I thought it might be time to...
View ArticleThe Garden Black – Liz’s Review
Thank you, Liz Gauffreau for a wonderful review of 'The Garden Black'. Liz likens her reading to an experience of jazz, and I could not be more delighted with such a description. The Garden Black marks...
View Articlea daylesford evening
#1 theyare talking milling hovering on . . . around . . . above . . . the sidewalk forgettingin their tidalriseand ebbto part to allowa passer-byto pass themby street-side animationbeneathshort...
View Articleenough (for an avenger)
The Ninja-vengers - 17/06/2022 we arethe avengers rightersof wrongs bewareour tolerance is lowthere is so muchthat is not rightthatis not goodthat . . . we arethe ninja-vengers our workis never done...
View Articlenowhere (for the yeti)
Frank's Yeti - 17/06/2022 there are troublesin my mountains the airis not notwhat it was as though the groundhas come closerand the skyhas movedaway I don’t belongamong you and I can’t staywhere I’ve...
View Articlea good morning (visitation)
The visitation crew (good morning!) - 18/06/2022 good morning good morning hellofrom allof us it is a good day a fine day a bright dayis a must we cannot staywehave to saygoodbyetoo soon butwe might be...
View ArticleDoing what I oughtn’t. Revisiting my Ukraine poems.
I'm panicking a little about assignment work for my graphics course - some things I'm struggling to get my head around. So/ What should I do in these circumstances? Why, lay out a picture book, of...
View ArticleA little news.
I've been unusually quiet here on the blog for a little while. Many demands dragging me away from simply writing, as I usually like to do. It is a very productive time, though, in many ways. In any...
View ArticleStories from the Crevice Communities symposium 2022
I'm having a big week! For several months now I have been a member of a group called Creative Practice Circle, which is a creative practice research group hosted by Charles Sturt University in Wagga,...
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