What has been said by many and has often been said
By Pascalle Burton, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips
Published 6 August 2024
after Cicero’s first and second speeches on the Agrarian Law
I
stirring up trouble
putting up a notice of the sale
this forest in the list of neglected possessions
it is unfair
Footnote: this poem was created using the Red Tape constraint as the starting point. This poem has also simultaneously been publsihed in the ‘Status Anxiety’ issue of Griffith Review
- Choose a piece of legislation or bureaucratic form that has impacted your life in some way.
- Use this text to create a poem (up to 20 lines or can be a visual poem).
- Remember to cite the texts.
Pascalle Burton and Andrew Galan
#30in30 writing prompt
a fresh opening of thinking
release the unexpected word shape
fool the mirror and face
the shape and the mould
the flutter of cards, motion
forgetting nothing / leaving out nothing
Pascalle Burton and Andrew Galan
#30in30 #PoetryMonth
