dress young
This poem was first published in Page Seventeen (2010) and also appeared in my privately-published chapbook Final Friday (2010).
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Final Friday
days roaring
This poem was first published in my chapbook Final Friday (2010).
Sunshine for Kim Dae-jung
Kim Dae-jung, a former President of the Republic of Korea (1998–2003), and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on 18 August 2009.
This poem was first published in Jacket2 (USA, 2012).
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Come with me, through
This poem was first published in my chapbook Final Friday (2010).
Anti-kraak
'Anti-kraak' is a Dutch term for a person or group of people who occupy otherwise empty buildings, with the permission of the owners, in order to prevent squatters from moving in.
Oz
A rewriting of Bernard O'Dowd's poem 'Australia' (published in The Bulletin in 1900). 'Oz' was first published online in Jacket (2010) and anthologised in Thirty Australian Poets (UQP 2011).
Cute
"... the cute and loving appreciation of my book and me by them in Australia has gone right to my heart."
—Walt Whitman, writing to Bernard O'Dowd
This poem was first published online in Blackbox Manifold (UK) and later in print in Best Australian Poems (Black Inc, 2011).
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Gowayz ob LOL: “O Kitteh! Meh Kitteh!”
"Similarly, poetry (e.g. the Psalms) can be written in such a way that it looks like a cat wrote it."
—LOLCat Bible Translation Project