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PAGANS SMILE FROM THE SHADOWS
Posted by Dermott Ryder on April 19, 2014 at 21:30 0 Comments 1 Like
Easter is a period packed with custom and ritual. How could it not be so? It is, after all, another one of those marvellous pagan revels, snitched from the 'Old Religions' and put to jolly good use by the cunning, dastardly, and commercially aware Christians. 'Life is a cavalcade, old chum' someone said.
Even the name of this festival shows its heathen origin. Easter comes from Eastre, or Eostre. She was, still is perhaps, the Anglo-Saxon Goddess of spring and dawn.…
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Vale Ken Taylor
Posted by Rochford Street Review on April 9, 2014 at 13:08 0 Comments 1 Like
Ken Taylor, poet, and one of the founding members of the La Mama Poetry workshops and readings died last week on 2 April. Ken was the author of At Valentines: Poems 1966-1969, A Secret Australia: Selected and New Poems (1975) and Africa (2000) which went on to win the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry in 2001.
Ken’s funeral will be held on Thursday 10 April at 10am at St Luke’s Church South Melbourne, followed by reception at Albert…
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Flags
Started by Guy Peppin in Member Poetry Apr 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Every poem is a flag, to be deciphered. How much blood has run, how many tears exchanged for all these added stars, these proud stripes or, these fields of blue and red and green and gold these encoded shreds of wind torn menageries frayed,…Continue
Any Two
Started by Guy Peppin in Member Poetry Apr 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Any two can reach, a bed or a beach, we strum and glow, and come and go, this is the beat, of the summer heat, I could do any-who, but, reader, I chose you. Guy PeppinContinue
Chirking Moon
Started by Guy Peppin in Member Poetry Apr 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes
The same last stars fade over our roofs ferry call rumplescool whistled sheetssummer sun round oscillates down south sunrise notch blind cuts screen doorlazy bush smoke airs bird's call after-call heavy through leaveslast night's dewdripping…Continue
The Better View
Started by Guy Peppin in Member Poetry Apr 9. 0 Replies 0 Likes
for Alex Sitting with wines down in the quay, you had the harbour but I faced you, the summer sparkled in your eyes, it was a perfect evening, it's true - but I looked and in looking, at everything then you, I still think I had the better…Continue
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Join in. Comment on a forum topic or even start one. Check out the groups and if you don't see one for you, start a new group. Add your poetry events. Invite your poet friends to join.
Let us know what you think of the site, we'd love to hear your suggestions and if anything doesn't make sense.
Please read the longer welcome for more on what this is all about.
PS: Follow us on twitter: @sydneypoetry (and site members too: @sydneypoetry/members).
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