In this 10 minute episode I chat to Charlie Storrar on Radio Taiwan International and read three poems about revisiting home and communication breakdown. Give me and my nerves a listen.
On the radio
Lust as currency,
Love as currency,
Attention as currency,
Alternate.
Sleeping as problem solving.
Tweeting as problem solving.
Eating as problem solving.
Fucking as problem solving.
Walking subverts structure.
Hyperlinks subvert structure.
Dancing subverts structure.
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The Taipei sky is the color of dry cement.
Megan Ross on Twitter: "And thank to the most dope, @loveleorajoy for this incredible cover art.… "
Write like how you take photographs.
Megan Ross and Milk Fever Poems
I am beyond excited that Megan Ross asked me to design the front cover of her debut collection of poetry which explores unexpected motherhood and all its emotional detritus. It's a gorgeous collection: tender, raw, and honest. I loved reading and re-reading it. Go to Uhlanga Press to find out more and get her book here.
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Just cycled past a young woman with a big bloody gash on her knee and long thick hair hiding chest-heaving sobs. #summerinthecity
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A fat man in baby blue swoops past on an electric bicycle in Hello Kitty pink.
Taipei Poetry Collective is in the news
Sandee Woodside wrote on the only Poetry Collective in Taipei. That's us!
Go to The NewsLens to read about Taipei Poetry Collective and the importance of poetry.
Photo by Temporary Truth.
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Air so thick with imminent rain you could cut it, like slicing those slabs of brown sugar steamed sponge cake, wrapped in wax paper, sold from small blue vans parked on the side of the road.
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Just cycled past a man spray-painting fake white roses blue.
#problems with the shape of things
The cinematic canon is shaped like a dick.
The literary canon is shaped like a dick.
The art canon canon is shaped like a dick.
Love makes humble fools of us all.
Riddled with ego like a cancer.