Why should I edit?
Yet if any man who has received the gift of poetic fervor shall imperfectly fulfill its function here described, he is not, in my...
A bit of a conversation with myself
ME: I should probably write new stuff ME: Why? ME: To stay relevant ME: How does that work then? ME: I need to write new poems...
Writing Australian
On my desk this morning* sits “Collected Australian Verse”, “Banjo Paterson’s People” and “Joe Wilson’s Mates” by Henry Lawson. ...
My thoughts on "interpreting" poetry
Soren Kierkegaard said “Once you label me, you negate me”, and I believe this to be true for poetry as well. A good poem (and I’m well...
Symbols
A symbol is another one of those lovely shortcuts to meaning that poets are so fond of, a word or image that represents an idea. If you...
Withdrawal
It is less than two months since I last swore off writing poems. I still have not written a poem, unless you count a couple of rude...
When are you going to write a real book?
"I read your book. That was cool, being published. Are you going to do it with a real book some day?" "This is a real book. See? ...
My own tune
"You should turn this into a song." "But it's not a song, it's a poem. What's wrong with it being a poem?" "Nothing's wrong with it being...
Behind the I
“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through...
