Experimental Travel, written by Rachael Antony and JoÎl Henry, is as the title suggests all about experimental travel, whether it be spending a weekend blindfolded, travelling to K2 on the map or wearing a cow’s head. I’m lucky enough to have been a contributor to the book (which looks awesome, despite Lonely Planet’s decision not…

I’m off to Seoul, Korea in late August as an Asialink resident. You can check out my profile on the Asialink site. I’m hoping to set up a separate blog to document my time there. More on this soon.

So this is how you all find me. tigers guernsey for the wizard cup 2005 an exampel of a haiku poem *dont stare screensaver* he sails tonight lyrics recovery tram budgie smuggler photo invention of marzipan slowdive karappo fourth reich roger federer feel the touch farnham youre the voice mid cordite asthma neo mp3 music…

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you that there are ten secrets to good poetry. That person is more likely to be a salesperson than a poet. There are in fact eleven. Good poems resist time Language is a fluid Your idealised inner poetic space may be quite irrelevant in the end Even free verse…

ABC Radio National last night broadcast what it called the first ever National poetry slam in Australia, courtesy of the Deep End program and fellow-Proser charlotte sometimes. The program featured nine finalists from around Australia (including another Proser, KL) plus yours truly performing a “sacrificial lamb” role by reading out a poem before the contest…

The bad news is it’s not Christmas yet. The good news is that come Christmas, I’ll be even more chilled than Dylan due to an injection of funds from the Australia Council. Yes, that’s right, after having played the grant game for about six years I’ve finally been lucky enough to receive one (the success…