I’ve just finished ‘Ministry For the Future’ by Kim Stanley Robinson. It’s a near future Cli-Fi and is probably one of the most thoroughly researched books I’ve… Read more “Ministry for the Future – Kim Stanley Robinson”
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My debut chapbook has just been released
Random Words and Fractured Dreams: Surrealist Poetry All year I’ve been working on a chapbook of surrealist poetry, created using social media, random word generators and captured… Read more “My debut chapbook has just been released”
Show up
This is my husband, award winning and well renowned children’s author, Josh Langley. This is a poem he wrote recently. It inspired and resonated with me in… Read more “Show up”
Hot dry day
I sit drowsy under the deep, wide verandah of a towering grevillea robusta Cool in the late shade on a hot dry day High above, in an… Read more “Hot dry day”
Peppermint Tree
A peppermint tree stands emaciated Within the square of the low sandstone wall that imprisons it The breeze blows my way A waft of summer holidays down… Read more “Peppermint Tree”
Metaphysical poetry for the new millennium – part 3
Welcome to part 3 of my contemporary makeover of three metaphysical poems. To recap, the metaphysical poets were a group of 17th century poets who, although not a… Read more “Metaphysical poetry for the new millennium – part 3”
Metaphysical poetry for the new millennium – part 2
Welcome to part 2 of my contemporary makeover of three metaphysical poems. To recap, the metaphysical poets were a group of 17th century poets who, although not… Read more “Metaphysical poetry for the new millennium – part 2”
Metaphysical poems for the new millennium – part 1
The metaphysical poets were a group of 17th century poets who, although not a part of a movement in itself, shared particular characteristics. In short, their style… Read more “Metaphysical poems for the new millennium – part 1”
Oliver and Catherine
A modern fairy tale Once upon a time, in a seaside town far, far away, there lived two sad children. Oliver and Catherine were sad because their… Read more “Oliver and Catherine”
Fauna – Donna Mazza
When Allen & Unwin asked me earlier this year to read and review Fauna, by Donna Mazza, I was both honoured and apprehensive. Honoured because it was… Read more “Fauna – Donna Mazza”
Andrew James Macleod 