tonight sparkling quinces are moaning on the windowsill
through the skin of each star I see perennial shadows
time to harvest the wine grapes
that terrible gift of drinking must from the palms of life
as if I were or were no longer a poet
in a world of pets and ambrosia
in the funicular of deaththe evening bell grazes the cathedrals
unafraid of disturbing thistles
the city centre alight with love bears fruit in genuine
trees
heavy buds burst under the feet of the living
chanting an ave maria with their secular body
in exaltationthe grapes of autumn burst against
the great chinese wall
surrounding the aura of the cantaloupe city
its millenary thirst for young poets
the old flagstones fronting deadened statuesdeath’s bacchic breath strikes the imaginary gates
of my body giving birth among the chestnuts
to hours of gentle words at solstice~ noaptea asta gem pe pervaz gutuile spumoase
prin carnaţia fiecarei stele zăresc umbrele perpetue
ora de cules viile
harul acela teribil de a bea must din palmele vieţii
ca şi cum ai fi sau nu ai mai fi poet
peste o lume de pet-uri şi de ambrozie
în funicularul morţiiclopotul înserării paşte printre catedrale şi
nu se sfieşte să răscolească ciulini
centrul luminat de dragoste rodeşte în pomi
adevăraţi
mugurii plini pocnesc sub paşii celor vii
care rostesc cu trupul lor laic un ave maria
pe voci înaltestrugurii toamnelor plesnesc stropind
marele zid chinezesc
ce înconjoară aura oraşului-cantalup
setea lui milenară de tineri poeţi
vechile pavele din faţa statuilor amorţitesuflul bahic al morţii izbeşte porţile imaginare
ale trupului meu ce naşte printre castane
ore de alintat vorbele la solstiţiu
- 115: SPACE
with A Sometimes
114: NO THEME 13
with J Toledo & C Tse
113: INVISIBLE WALLS
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112: TREAT
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111: BABY
with S Deo & L Ferney
110: POP!
with Z Frost & B Jessen
109: NO THEME 12
with C Maling & N Rhook
108: DEDICATION
with L Patterson & L Garcia-Dolnik
107: LIMINAL
with B Li
106: OPEN
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105: NO THEME 11
with E Grills & E Stewart
104: KIN
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103: AMBLE
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102: GAME
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101: NO THEME 10
with J Kinsella and J Leanne
100: BROWNFACE
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99: SINGAPORE
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97 & 98: PROPAGANDA
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96: NO THEME IX
with M Gill and J Thayil
95: EARTH
with M Takolander
94: BAYT
with Z Hashem Beck
93: PEACH
with L Van, G Mouratidis, L Toong
92: NO THEME VIII
with C Gaskin
91: MONSTER
with N Curnow
90: AFRICAN DIASPORA
with S Umar
89: DOMESTIC
with N Harkin
88: TRANSQUEER
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87: DIFFICULT
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86: NO THEME VII
with L Gorton
85: PHILIPPINES
with Mookie L and S Lua
84: SUBURBIA
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83: MATHEMATICS
with F Hile
82: LAND
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81: NEW CARIBBEAN
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80: NO THEME VI
with J Beveridge
57.1: EKPHRASTIC
with C Atherton and P Hetherington
57: CONFESSION
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56: EXPLODE
with D Disney
55.1: DALIT / INDIGENOUS
with M Chakraborty and K MacCarter
55: FUTURE MACHINES
with Bella Li
54: NO THEME V
with F Wright and O Sakr
53.0: THE END
with P Brown
52.0: TOIL
with C Jenkins
51.1: UMAMI
with L Davies and Lifted Brow
51.0: TRANSTASMAN
with B Cassidy
50.0: NO THEME IV
with J Tranter
49.1: A BRITISH / IRISH
with M Hall and S Seita
49.0: OBSOLETE
with T Ryan
48.1: CANADA
with K MacCarter and S Rhodes
48.0: CONSTRAINT
with C Wakeling
47.0: COLLABORATION
with L Armand and H Lambert
46.1: MELBOURNE
with M Farrell
46.0: NO THEME III
with F Plunkett
45.0: SILENCE
with J Owen
44.0: GONDWANALAND
with D Motion
43.1: PUMPKIN
with K MacCarter
43.0: MASQUE
with A Vickery
42.0: NO THEME II
with G Ryan
41.1: RATBAGGERY
with D Hose
41.0: TRANSPACIFIC
with J Rowe and M Nardone
40.1: INDONESIA
with K MacCarter
40.0: INTERLOCUTOR
with L Hart
39.1: GIBBERBIRD
with S Gory
39.0: JACKPOT!
with S Wagan Watson
38.0: SYDNEY
with A Lorange
37.1: NEBRASKA
with S Whalen
37.0: NO THEME!
with A Wearne
36.0: ELECTRONICA
with J Jones