ekphrasis
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Behold
After Ecce Homo Corona, by Eureka I think of Christ Jesus of Nazareth Shepherd to a flock convinced of their righteousness but so often wrong Dissident, revolutionary not one to turn any away yet so many now use his name to push down the desperate Christ as an excuse My cup runneth over giving to…
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End of year schedule madness
We’ve entered the realm of Christmas parties and end-of-year celebrations. I had my work party last Wednesday – good chicken, disappointing dessert, my poetry group end-of-year do today and my writing group Christmas party tomorrow! As we’ve done in the past, the poetry group visited the Ian Potter Centre at the National Gallery of Victoria…
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The Australian Dream
after ‘The American Dream’, by Brett Whiteley The brain is a machine susceptible to corruption working away on incomplete data sets The bird builds a nest fills it with eggs, potential life feeds the young on instinct and hope Green and yellow earth flow down to meet the sea intuition and reason fight for primacy…
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Inspiration and Planning
Today I attended the end of year gathering with my poetry group. We get together in an inspiring place, today it was the National Gallery of Victoria at Federation Square, and we write, if we’re inspired, or sit and ponder, if we’re not inspired. Then we have lunch. I went through the George Baldessin and…
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Ekphrasis?
For day 13 of NaPoWriMo I responded to a drawing done of me last night at the student union at the University of Melbourne.
Fleur Blüm 