With her pillow and blanket she settles to sleep on her bedroom floor. Later as I am heading off to bed, she is sleeping in her doorway, kne...

after Takuboku Ishikawa in the weeping willows of Takuboku's tanka kanji leaves hang . . . hear the soughing of Takuboku's words Set...

. On the mani stone by the pathway is a Buddhist prayer for the peace and liberation of all beings. A couple with dogs on leashes pass by. ...

a wild horse galloping toward me granddad’s fingers The mantle clock chimes as if it were an omen in a fairy tale. The opening notes of a sl...

. arms blue with prison tatts on his shoulder a spider stuck in its own web After the bank robbery he went bush, roustabout and shearer. One...

. Quarter Past Sometime by Jeffrey Harpeng. Post Pressed: Teneriffe, Qld., Australia, 2007. ISBN: 9-78192121-4172. Perfect Bound, 5 x 8 inc...

. A sleety spring day in the English end of Akaroa. A length of clean newsprint is taped to the bay window of a weekend rental. A 4B pencil ...

. for Lochlan 29/1/08 - 6/4/08 How early it is to be so tired. A machine reminds him when to breathe. It whispers life is brief as a sigh. T...

. From K Road to the wind-eddied Post Office square, Queen Street is strung like a flying fox cable. In Post Office square a mime is Falcon ...

1 ― Purging the story The weather here runs on a different set of variables: the collective sum total of wish intensity. Oddly, the least c...