Alison Croggon was born in Carlton, Transvaal, South Africa....read more
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Review
Interview: Alison Croggon, May 2013
Why do you write poetry?
I’ve never been quite sure why. I’ve written it for as long as I can remember. I experience the desire to write it as a kind of pressure, an internal necessity that eventually emerges in a poem.
Is poetry important?
I don’t know how to answer that. The fact is that it’s not important to many people: they get by their whole lives without encountering it, and who is to say they are the worse for that? I’m reluctant to proselytise about poetry: why should anyone read it, if they don’t want to? It’s ...
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Poems
Portents by Dimitris Tsaloumas
Last night I heard the household gods
rattle on the hearth, and in the morning,
as I roamed the livid beach I saw the hawk
drop from the clouded sun
among the squatting gulls, causing a flurry
of consternation. They drifted off
and cautiously, beaks pointed seawards, ... more
rattle on the hearth, and in the morning,
as I roamed the livid beach I saw the hawk
drop from the clouded sun
among the squatting gulls, causing a flurry
of consternation. They drifted off
and cautiously, beaks pointed seawards, ... more
Advice from the Heavy given Unsolicitedly to the Young Prick by Kris Hemensley
now mind as i do
the appearances
no over-exposure dont pay
too much attention to news of what youve been doing
& most of all
remember
that face is your only one
watch for glass-splinters
dont wear shades in the dark
... more
the appearances
no over-exposure dont pay
too much attention to news of what youve been doing
& most of all
remember
that face is your only one
watch for glass-splinters
dont wear shades in the dark
... more
