Yuria Okamura: Botanical Geometries in Quiet Conversation
I arrived at the Shepparton Art Museum on a cloudy Sunday morning. The previous few days had been the hot and clean blue skies of …
Tag: Writing
Bad Luck, Good Luck
was it simply luck that caused her to turndown this alley? bad luck? good luck? the face she recognises opens a portalto a past horizon, …
The Funeral Celebrant
The funeral celebrant He didn’t know him, of courseThe deceasedInstead he stitched together a homespunCloth of many huesA wifely tale or twoA child’s distant memoriesA mate’s …
Reach
Watching a dog play frisbee. Delete. Milkshakes and fried chicken with friends. Delete. Toilet breaks … fourteen incidents!? Good lord! Delete. I lean back in my chair …
Martha Iserman Open Studio – Review
On Saturday I attended the home and art studio of Martha Iserman as part of the Dandenong Ranges Open Studios. Nestled on the side of …
Orpington Station
The cold metal bench sent shivers through her body as she sat down, takeout coffee cup in hand. She was lost in a daze, questioning …
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood read by Ailsa Piper- A Review
The narrator made this book come alive for me. Her style was easy and at times meditative. The whole book was like a meditation. The …
Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne – A Review
This debut novel from Kerryn Mayne is polished and entertaining from start to finish. If you like heroines who are a bit quirky, make up …
Four Writing Competitions to Watch
Here at Mountain Ash Chapter we’re seeing a lot of exceptional writing this year! It’s a great time to whip out your calendar, dust off …
Evening Song
for Sylvia Plath (Morning Song) Once upon a foreign timewe were bornour hearts ticked loudOur mothers fussed and frettedfearful our baby breaths would falterheard every …