AustLit

'they need my poetry 

to be academic, 

a puzzle that has to fit a piece, 

they ‘need’ me to etch for them 

to put them at peace. 

let me escape

from their criteria.

the non-perfected grammar that decides how it goes

the line breaks that give flow,

they want me to wear the lenses that fit on ‘their’ nose,

they tell me –

this isn’t academic poetry

1. i know,

it’s my poetry.' (Publication summary)