Louise Waller
David Bircumshaw
Pam Brown
Jill Chan
Jen Crawford
AnnMarie Eldon
Claire Gaskin
Jeff Harrison
Jill Jones
Mark Kanak
Christopher Kelen
Corinne Lee
Cassie Lewis
Lizz Murphy
Sheila E Murphy
Alaric Sumner
Louise Waller
Mark Young
Renga -
Andrew Burke,
Jen Crawford,
Louise
Waller,
Lawrence Upton,
Kristin Hannaford,
Jennifer Compton,
Heather
Matthew,
Jill Jones
Alison Croggon
from 'Meeting on Water'
a fine geography
nature gathers momentum with seismic shift
land edges between land space side-steps itself
the continental shelf floats the body directionless
willful and wanting content to drift or deftly avoid
impact as each slip and pot-hole slides discovery
through the desert or the city and nature recovers
a forward ambition what this zig and
zag
is heading towards tracing footprints washed away
or stones dislodged from a mountain precipice only
geography reads this life quirky the contours of
place
of this table even a scene for theatrical openings
or failed directions while
the body waits for change
inscribes sun on the skin holding onto these
new territories always
here before or up ahead
placements
(1)
at the table plunge the finger
dip and savor on graceless thighs
this excess
ideas rise or fall
with forgetfulness as loose as the skin and
it's a shame that beauty comes along so early
if it's beauty that is somehow meant to save
in the shower think camouflage
the un-glossed litmus (could be)
a voice of hope discarded
hair in the floor outlet
or any lost fetish
worth leans hard on the present tense
mimes with lips not full or pouted
just ordinary lips
(2)
turning the wheels
can it matter the butterfly or trouble the hen?
the horse in the stable is bolted or fed and hey
this winter skin still wiggles
turning the wheels into action
or ineffective 'that could have been'
save for the boredom and taking positions
garbage is emptied or not
'how hard is it really?'
to clean shit off just
a flush and conscientious
or posed on the sofa
(3)
crossing borders with ideas
the whole of life a series of maneuvers
as each entry or retreat is led along
by birth and blood and survival
positions are or otherwise are given over
un-posing on the sofa
sleep and revelations curve
the mouth open in this brittle dark
the moon leans on the tongue
its worth as lasting as any other
