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In Defence of Poetry (and Poets)

Recently I came across the following quotation from a newspaper column written by Irish novelist and satirist Flann O’Brien in the mid-1940s: Having considered the matter in – of course – all of its aspects, I have decided that there is no use for poetry. Poetry gives no adequate...
1 Feb, 2007
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31 Jan, 2007
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“Your poems – you will not need them.”

When I’m not wasting time writing record reviews about non-existent bands, poems about dysfunctional families, prose poems about imaginary cities, new definitions for strange Dutch words, the odd (yes, odd) sonnet, an occasional ode to the Buddha Machine, away on explorations in Abendland or Morgenland, posting as Clint Bo...
24 Jan, 2007
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Abendland reviewed online

My chapbook Abendland (pictured left, details) has been reviewed by Philly poet Adam Fieled on his excellent blog. Check out the review here. As far as I can tell, this is the first time my work has ever been reviewed, anywhere. I only have a couple of copies of...
11 Jan, 2007
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Abendland chapbook launched in Frankston!

I’m not usually one to go for publicity, prferring instead to slave anonymously over my poetry, honing my arcane craft in the desloate silence of my eyrie, but when I got a call from uber-poet and drop-dead spunk alicia sometimes asking if I’d like to come and talk to...
15 Aug, 2006
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