Seething since 2000*
Oasis’ Definitely Maybe and the end of indie
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...
Read it Oasis’ Definitely Maybe and the end of indieEarly-1990s UK indie bands: the definitive list
1990s UK indie bands were the best bands.
Read it Early-1990s UK indie bands: the definitive listdress young
This poem was first published in Page Seventeen (2010) and also appeared in my privately-published chapbook Final Friday (2010).
Read it dress youngNeenish tarts, bus shelters, Wagga Wagga and me
Never thought I'd use these four 'terms' in the same sentence but there you go - if life was a Venn diagram, there are several shaded areas in which me and neenish tarts would intersect.
Read it Neenish tarts, bus shelters, Wagga Wagga and meMy Cordite Top Eleven!
In this post, I look back on my years as Managing Editor of Cordite Poetry Review, and pick my top eleven choicest moments from what has been a thrilling, exhausting and ultimately life-affirming rollercoaster ride of love and passion.
Read it My Cordite Top Eleven!‘Space Invaders’ (1980)
Just a little Youtube number in honour of Invasion Day (previously known as Australia Day).
Read it ‘Space Invaders’ (1980)Photo Memories: Karlskrona 2011
In celebration of my impending departure from K-Town, here's a little gallery of images taken throughout 2011 that, for me anyway, brings back some lovely memoreez ...
Read it Photo Memories: Karlskrona 2011Mother Russia
'Mother Russia' was my first published poem, and the first poem I ever performed in public. It appeared in 1991 in Textbase, a short-lived journal put out by the people who ran the Reasonably Good Cafe on Abercrombie Street in Chippendale, Sydney. I remember attending the launch and reading my poem. Afterwards someone told me I read as if I was calling the races at Harold Park.
Read it Mother RussiaWireless
This poem was published in Overland in 2012.
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