Author: Davey Dreamnation
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Could this be the real Lady In Red?
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In a sad attempt to outdo his fellow has-been rivals, Chris de Burgh has bought the alien that burst out of John Hurt’s chest in the 1979 terror-thriller, erm, Alien, according to about 30 000 news agencies. Fellow crooner and sad-case HoJo is said to be quietly considering his career options today, after de Burgh…
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Snooze Captains
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What happens when five people go shopping for one bed?
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Wiggo!
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Former Cordite editor and all-round good bloke Adrian Wiggins has just updated his website. Adrian’s first book of poems “The Beggar’s Codex” came out through FIP in 1994. I once saw him wipe the floor of a Southern Highlands hotel with the artist formerly known as Les Murray but that’s another story. Since then Adrian’s…
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federer dunkeln capture
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string torque guts au go go strapped comment make a minor jugular apropos one dark leaving freaks his holiness headband brasilia twice mistaken for my ring toss hallelujah taurus maids of armoricas straddled shopping bags donate pipe cleaners to these worthy causeways komissars rex strassenbahn saves the kartoffeln day twas merely plasticine i took a…
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righteous concrete quota
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selling out quokkas pyjama friendly nation rants spoilt by boot lip hypochondria illn ois youse cats sound so darned righteously spoolin underarm flair tarmac befuddled up straight side walker both arms in the airs foul duck shootin tootin quota mobile farm anyone can do it singin along swing fallow the leider u.s.w. zeppelin nerd abreaction…
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Gutcult
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GutCult Volume 2, Issue 5 features a special selection of Australian poets including Pam Brown, MTC Cronin, Liam Ferney, DJ Huppatz “and many more …” The selection has been edited by Michael Farrell. I’m lucky enough to have been chosen: read my poems her royal majesty the queen and america. Yippee!
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suicide airliner attacks
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This poem was published in We Will Disappear under the title ‘Airliner’.
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general admission karaoke
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three burn cross the breeze breathe out the ski tube closed month admits a mike mad dog official relate my innoculation snazzy smarts dry mouth allege collapse college fund spoken speed worm generals baulk there will be non families tennis banned outskirts strip airport clearing dummy bids diplomacy karaoke insurgents freely admitted to my military…
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sheer sparrow power
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-gunter grass the piledrivers bells ding an ice rink augen auf! (so sieht es aus!) … yah hell spokes causing a re-examinational alignment curses piano fail satiate me young man young man bucket phil & her, er … s … clear! cover me russia in reservoir sparrow plover drive(r) girl he looks like mikey then…
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money tree flower
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respiratory system planted upside down in our gardens bronchially spouting white money tree flower green tear shaped succulent leaf week-long lastly admonishing the winter blast furnace winds irate five pointed stars cougher lungs white blood brown trunks enough pull good fortune sweetly from these chests of song bird petals twirling through most grey skys mote…
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sunday (the shining)
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horror movie suburbs darkness slashed with shining screamer picket smoking lounge rooms intercept axe overdue rentals trailer demons bong whipping body building boyfriends malt campus ripoffs damaged son o mutilate bathroom sprawling flaw light squeeze toothpaste residue bearded winter busts translate actional apartments connexion multigore (sunday
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Roger Federer Part 2: YOU STINK!
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2 min read
This is getting really silly – Roger Federer Cosmetics: “The fascinating new fragrance for men who know what they want. FEEL THE TOUCH! Feel the unique touch of the new, elegantly sporty fragrance from Roger Federer! Experience the amazingly radiant and fresh top note of citrus chords and ozone elements. Essential oils and herbal nuances,…
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Roger Federer: Boring, Boring
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For some reason, yesterday I found myself on the appallingly boring website of the world’s most boring tennis player, Roger Federer. What drove me to tears was the constant stream of entries in Roger’s “guest book” extolling his “exciting” style of tennis and requesting a “meeting”, for example at the conclusion of the Halle tennis…
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Brennschluss
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You think they can’t smell your depression downwind Dust breathes in childhood’s daisy grandmother musk Practicing burnouts in half-case supermarket car parks Packs of fags stashed beneath these red cotton undies Screen printed instructions drown out the BMX blitzes Chasing crabs in the disallowed artificial white creeks First house on our block quickly joined by…
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All we hear is Radio TINA
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Simply The Best, ‘s’all I wanna say. The woman is a genius, having recently sang for Oprah’s 50th birthday, which would have been like de ja vu for Tina, having turned 50 herself only twenty years ago. Last week I channelled Tina’s spirit at a karaoke bar in Sydney by singing my all time favourite…