On the Death of Dr Robert Levet by Samuel Johnson Condemned to Hope’s delusive mineAs on we toil from day to day,By sudden blast or slow decline,Our social comforts drop away. Well... Read more »
My Mother Reg wished me to go with him to the field,I paused because I did not want to go;But in her quiet way she made me yieldReluctantly, for she was breathing... Read more »
Book Week is in full swing, marking it’s 80th year celebrating all things reading and literacy for Australia’s schoolchildren. The theme for the week, which runs from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23... Read more »
On 20 October 2023, Hiba Abu Nada, a Palestinian poet and novelist, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on her home in Khan Younis, Gaza. New Republic 1. I grant you refuge... Read more »
Australia’s Children’s Book Week is celebrating its 80th year in style, with children donning their best costumes for the traditional parade in schools across the country. The event has the theme “Book... Read more »
A Hundred Doors God! I’m lighting candles again, stillThe sentimental atheist, familyNames a kind of prayer or poem, my museOur Lady of a Hundred Doors. Supervised by a xenophobicSacristan, I plant in... Read more »
Poem in which I’m a transnational drug smuggler The guy in front of me is told to remove his leg. He unscrewsit and places it in the tub with his luggage. We... Read more »
The Song of Arachnid Webs are small and spacious as simplicity,See-through as a summer’s day, old-fashioned as A slip of butter-muslin, girlhood’s own, orA cotton hanky. We are poor predators, love to... Read more »
This Year Her Present wasn’t a book —my shelves sag under the weight of volumesshe’s given me over the last two decadessince I moved from Ukraine to Ireland; wasn’t a dress —she... Read more »