Poems
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Việt Nam Postcards
By Jake DennisHo Hoàn Kiém, Hà Nội
The Lake of the Returned Sword
Polished smiles—embalmed -
New Hope's Black Pit
By Bob BrownThree years ago
the delightful
Darling Downs
village of Acland -
Dirt Fringe
By Brittany Rileyon the plains, Weona’s weary – coughs dust from black soil
caverns; arid gusts craft dirt angels on Maitland Street. Sky pearls
squawk central ballads, lassoed in the eyes of rural foremothers
– steadfast and burning – on a flatline crockery cupboard of dust bowls -
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Sun Is Cat Poetry
By Shastra DeoAt the middle point of the last days of autumn my cat
texts me poetry. Saw a bird… effervescent. Sunset
today is rich as Valencia orange cake topped with
blueberry compote. I dreamed I was trotting through -
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Altermath
By Andy Jacksonfor the 60 people who suicide in Australia each week, 45 of whom are men*.
the rope ought to have frayed and unspun into a cloud of seed-threads
the branch, been split by sudden, grievous lightning -
so too the sunrise
By Jazz Moneyso too the sunrise
with clarity and promise
of who you will rise to be
so too the breaking night -
Pale Blue
By Mark MordueI’m in a pale blue mood
in Leichhardt, in Summer Hills,
a storybook explorer
afternoon sun in my face -
THE EPIC HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By Rebecca Shaw, Freya Daly SadgroveO Riverdale
O Riverdale, American supernatural horror crime drama television series based
on the characters of Archie Comics
O Riverdale streaming on Netflix -
Rituals
By Joanna YangI open the door, hand resting on the frame as a chill travels to the front of my legs
my back hunched into a C
could it be
you can answer my plea -
The time traveler’s memoir
By Chris TseI remember the moment we learned
how to rewrite our potential—the sky opened up
like time-lapse flowers blooming
in a desaturated landscape—entire timelines -
Lost in Translation
By Teela ReidI’m bewildered by you
You’re bewildered by me
The difference is
not the colour we see. -
Just another day on tour
By L-FRESH The LIONThey call me Mr Scoville
Aka 7 milly
So fire —
Even Dippin’ Dots are no relief -
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When a poet dies
By Juan Garrido-SalgadoTime ceases to be memory.
Motionless words remain there
Diluted pages of the inspiration that one day was.
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COMPROMISING THE AMBIANCE
By David QuirkWhat happened was
I noticed my heart was beating.
Not that it ever stopped, but
you understand. -
ኪዳን / Covenant
By Yirga Gelaw Woldeyesያኔ በልጅነት ከማሳው ወሰድኸኝ፣
አፈሩን ጨብጠህ እስኪ አሽትተው አልኸኝ።
የድንጋዮቹ ስም የምንጮቹ ታሪክ፣
የአዝርዕቶቹ አይነት የአበባወቹ መልክ፣ -
my most-watched YouTube searches of the year (so far)
By Andrew SutherlandAnetra dives over Marcia Marcia Marcia
the here and now is a bendback-house
queering the queue repeat now jump!!
Jimin ‘Set Me Free pt2’
