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Orphan
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"You trail your tattered suitcase through the chic streets of Paris. It's a day",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 70) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 3) -
Kiss
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"They sent you to home after home. You were kept in your place, but your",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 70) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 4) -
Love
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"At dusk, you watch the lovers on the Pont Louis Philippe. Their breath",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 71) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 5) -
God
i
"You climb the Eiffel Tower with some Americans, pretending you can't",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 71) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 6) -
Pigeons
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"In the Jardin des Tuileries, pigeons come around, folding away their wings",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 72) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 7) -
History
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"History settles on the streets, a kind of snow. Centuries are stacked in",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 72) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 8) -
Snow
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"One morning there's snow, peeling from the great frescoes of sunrise.",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 73) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 9) -
Words
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"Passing the time, you learn a few words. Je voudrais whatever it is that you",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 73) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 10) -
Art
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"There's safety in art. You keep it an arm's length while you hold it in both",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 74) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 11) -
Gulls
i
"They snatch at space along the stone river banks. They remind you of",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 74) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 12) -
Body
i
"She stands at the window by the bed. Her breasts are smaller than they",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 75) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 13) -
Soul
i
"In the end, where else do you go? You sit by the river, but the bells",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 75) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 14) -
Sparrows
i
"For the sparrows, there's nothing above the highest branch. They see the",
2011
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Wombat Vedas : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2011 2011; (p. 76) The Sunset Assumption 2012; (p. 15)
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