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Derek Motion Derek Motion i(A86387 works by)
Also writes as: 'Baz Malley'
Gender: Male
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1 Glamping i "i'm twirling a parasol & googling 'dusky'", Derek Motion , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Four W New Writing , no. 29 2018; (p. 86-88)
1 Birds Poem i "gonna write about the intricate fridge alarm melody", Derek Motion , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW , no. 28 2017; (p. 126-127)
1 The Only White Landcape i "no drill i was forced", Derek Motion , 2017 single work poetry
— Appears in: 20 Poets : Selected Poems, Cordite Books Series 1 & 2 2017; (p. 88)
1 1 y separately published work icon The Only White Landscape Derek Motion , Melbourne : Cordite Press , 2017 10757412 2017 selected work poetry

'The Only White Landscape is an assembly point. Past instances of thought and memory have come together as directed when under threat. The swells of real-life changes underpinning the poetry are physical, social, geographic and romantic. But, that’s so usual: the attempt to find singularity in the ruptures – not meaning, not really. From loneliness to only-ness. Sometimes I run at night through the fields around my house and then sit on carpet to record the resulting language. ‘I feel so lyrical,’ I remember thinking at one point, mid-manuscript. I’m always seeking recognition. I want a conversation to surround my personal thoughts. I want to influence ‘you’ – your actions and opinions. Poetry can and will measure up to somebody’s sincerity levels but then he / she still might not love you. All the feels laid bare, the words persisting as evidence of what you might have thought, felt. The Only White Landscape is a submersion in the past, a landscape stripped of comforting colour, a set piece refigured in post like a photograph, my choices of emphasis directing and deflecting your attention. It feels like an outcome. I hope the poems keep you just as long as you want to be kept.' (Publication summary)

1 Back Berembed Paddock Derek Motion , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing Twenty-Seven , no. 27 2016; (p. 81)
1 Pages i "we'll always be running in the hail", Derek Motion , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Summer no. 221 2015; (p. 81)
1 Density i "in the long grass everything is a cushion", Derek Motion , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing Twenty-Six 2015; (p. 90-91) 20 Poets : Selected Poems, Cordite Books Series 1 & 2 2017; (p. 86-87)
1 Winter Collation i "ambling pensioners & embossed business names", Derek Motion , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Writing : Twenty Five 2014; (p. 113-115)
1 Binding i "the intro credits font crumbles to a song", Derek Motion , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014; Australian Poetry Anthology 2015; (p. 39) 20 Poets : Selected Poems, Cordite Books Series 1 & 2 2017; (p. 89)
1 Perfect Teeth i "filling glasses to an equal level, quantifying sex,", Derek Motion , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August no. 47.0 2014;
1 y separately published work icon Cordite Poetry Review Gondwanaland no. 44.0 December Derek Motion (editor), 2013 6835962 2013 periodical issue
1 Net i "José Tidon Rhianne Grieve tharookiebeats Daniel Young", Derek Motion , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 38 no. 0 2012;
1 Domestic i "that familiar pock & drip of entranceway tiling", Derek Motion , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW , no. 22 2011; (p. 104)
1 Waves i "punch & paw out a slippery motif post", Derek Motion , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , December vol. 36 no. 2011;
1 Several Matters i "water to watermark gap, canvas of the tree", Derek Motion , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 30 January 2011; (p. 7)
1 Regional i "my bed was my castle", Derek Motion , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 70 no. 3 2010; (p. 272)
1 #Spillard i "aviation policy is a yawn. & after question time, well, do the bananas", Derek Motion , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: FourW , no. 21 2010; (p. 118)
1 A Fine and Curious Beast Derek Motion , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 200 2010; (p. 200)
1 1 Before Elapsing i "Most words are the same but", Derek Motion , Adam Ford , Zenobia Frost , Rebecca Giggs , Susan Hampton , Stu Hatton , Kelly Lee Hickey , Hal Judge , Dan Lee , Carly-Jay Metcalfe , Ella O'Keefe , Scott-Patrick Mitchell , David Prater , Bel Schenk , Jaya Savige , Andrew Slattery , Amelia Walker , Louise Waller , Ben Walter , Fiona Wright , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Spring no. 200 2010; (p. 112-117)
1 Inadequate Stovetop i "i lap up macadamia fuzz in a middle aged stroll of the ‘nature’. espying a roof rack", Derek Motion , 2010 single work poetry
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , August vol. 33 no. 2010;
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