Beyond (in response to Papa Osmubal’s mixed media work ‘Doors to Both Worlds’) – Lou Smith

 

Will you still write to me, when you are gone?

Which door shall I open to find you?

a skeleton key    mellifluous song

not milled from nickel and silver     

will your breath still cloud in the cold, cold air,

for a moment as if we are gods?

s

  w

    o

      o

        p 

            low from silhouette of buildings

            

to beyond

Rob Schackne #2 - Raindrop Look

Raindrop Look

Raindrop look
find puddle find
fish and misery
how it falls down
past the kingly
and the queenly
that good ring
of rivernight
a drip of presence
a second of grace
map a miracle
read me umbrella
loaves and fishes
bless our souls
we'll get it right

 

Future Flying Islands' poet Brian Purcell has his first solo exhibition of paintings up now! 'The Day on Fire' is on at The Shop Gallery, 112 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe, 11am to 6pm every day until Wednesday 3rd March. Brian is at the gallery during those hours, so please drop in for a chat or a cup of tea.

Kit Kelen's 'Whack & Blight' Poetry Exhibition in Glebe (at the Shop Gallery)

 

Spruce

 

Check the neatness

of the homeless

under Glebe rail bridge -

to each their own arch

open plan, plein air

here a brushed tent

a swag-bed rolled

camp bed made

cardboard pantry

wardrobe trolley.

Minimilists

before their time.

A ragman's bike

a spirit cooker ...

what's to declutter?

what forsake?

 

Arty bastards.

 

         yes

        even

     the gravel

looks Zen raked.

 

You're tidy shamed

by a pair of shoes

in the spick & span sun

a'bask in the arch

so sweetly arrayed.

The dirty mercy

of house proud poverty

don't need no maid.

 

 

 

Flying Islands launch photos(by Adam)

 

Rob Schackne #1 - The Sound of Wind on Mars

The Sound of Wind on Mars

Vaster quarantine
the expanse of space
off canvas out of view
can't be understood
then the earshot comes
to restless earthlings
a twelve-minute delay
the sound of wind on Mars
no machinery of war
no armies clanking armor
no shouts of murder
only the presence
of extinction
and hard-won peace
under threat again

Flying Islands now has a YouTube channel

Flying Islands now has a YouTube channel!  The purpose of the channel is to showcase the work of poets published in the Flying Islands Pocket Book Series. 

We thought initially we’d concentrate on short videos - one minute or less - give or take - and then include longer ones, including live readings later on. 

So for now PLEASE send your one minute videos to flyingisland7@gmail.com.

The preferred format is MPEG. 

I’m happy to offer production advice but am far from an expert in the field. 

Search “making poetry videos” on YouTube and you’ll find heaps of informative

material.

PLEASE subscribe to the channel and PLEASE share the videos widely. 

I think YouTube is a great way to reach and connect with a wider audience for your poetry. I’ve uploaded a couple of my own attempts to get the ball rolling. 

In conclusion, I’d just like to personally congratulate 

K.A.Rees

Steve Armstrong 

Robert Edmonds

Myron Lysenko

Irina Frolova

Ross Donlon

Harold Legaspi 

and Chris Mansell

whose books were launched in Sydney on Sunday.

I’d also like to give thanks to Professor K for the indefatigable support he has provided poets and the poetry community over many years. Long may it continue...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CJeqazsDdU-qV2bZ0VmCg

Photos from Flying Islands Glebe Launch