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“Critical State” Book Launch 24th September
Dear Members and Supporters, Last year, BR (Brett) Dionysius was our guest poet for our September pop-up poetry night. That night the heavens opened and as Brett delivered his poetry, the sky delivered vengeance. How Calanthe Collective or Brett had transgressed was beyond us but the rain gods of every culture, all sixty or so of them,…
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Poets’ Corner with David Ades (WestWords)
I was honoured to be invited to read my poems and to answer some questions on Poets’ Corner – David Ades’ monthly poetry blog supported by the brilliant West Words out of Sydney. It goes for about 2 hours so I apologise in advance!
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Poets@ Yuulong
Program for 19 June – Ben and Rosie’s (or Zamia if wet) 2.05 pm – Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country Margy to introduce Calanthe Press poets in order of publication, she will particularly note the reprint of Jena’s book and then the new reprint of Jane’s. Jena Woodhouse Anthony Lawrence Jane Franks…
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Poets@CRA
30th SeptemberPoets @ CRASeptember seems to be barely upon us, yet here we are, touting a treat for its last day. Set this evening aside, Thursday 30th. Calanthe Collective and Smallroom Collective present:An evening with Brett Dionysius. B. R. Dionysius was founding Director of the Queensland Poetry Festival. His poetry has been widely published in literary journals, anthologies, newspapers…
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beethoven’s string quartet no 13
you’ve built the player so, go & listen to this final masterpiece
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string quartet (quartetto italiano)
men wear tuxedoes women wear cocktail dresses play us like a pipe
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sunset with birds
they didn’t get much of a look in on this slideshow mammal-centrism
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titan centaur launch
this is voyager one’s mother you could argue complicated birth
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astronaut in space
nasa is quite coy this is astronaut ed white photobombing earth
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page of book (newton, on the system of the world)
newton was proved right on the system of the world on its gravity
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radio telescope (arecibo)
not a landing pad all the better to hear you with a giant ear
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radio telescope (westerbork, netherlands)
these cosmic windmills will hear you coming before we’ll get to see you
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antarctic expedition
get here as quickly as you can before the ice all melts & we fall
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airport (toronto)
square on a circle we call this architecture plane composition