Comments for Cordite Poetry Review

Comment on Again by Kate Middleton

Kate Middleton — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:23:57 +0000

Of course I remember you Jennifer! I’ve been very glad to see your work pop up in various places, and congratulations, too, on publishing your first book though it was a few years ago now! Bringing together a body of work is a momentous and nerve-wracking thing.

And thanks for your kind comments on the poem – this odd little conversation between Hansel and Gretel has been unfolding in notebooks for some time. Perhaps at some stage they will form their own collection, or merely continue to scatter themselves around the place.

Best to you and your writing,
Kate

Comment on Fathers by Elwin Monteiro

Elwin Monteiro — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:15:02 +0000

Great work!

Comment on Again by jennifer Chrystie

jennifer Chrystie — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:59:48 +0000

Hi, Kate. I wonder if you remember me from the poetry class run by Chris Wallace-Crabbe at Melbourne Uni in 1998. You published some of my poems in Sarabande and Ultimate Ceasefire. Congrats on your many successes since then.
I loved the revamping of the old fairy tale and the theory of happiness that never becomes an actuality. The “clutch’and “lick” in the last two lines are particularly memorable and unnerving.
Cheers, Jen Chrystie.

Comment on Things Wong Kar-Wai Taught Me About Love, Part 2 by Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:23:05 +0000

A striking poem. From the first line I am immediately drawn in. And as I journey through the lines, I find I experience love with all my senses. So powerful. Brilliant.

Comment on The Man on the Gate by Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:20:38 +0000

Thanks Emma, Hopefully he will get a chance to read it.

Brendan

Comment on Temperature by Angie Duke

Angie Duke — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:38:46 +0000

LOVELY ROSE!!!! – but one wouldnt expect less from you. Angie xxx

Comment on How to Love Bronwyn by stuart barnes

stuart barnes — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:57:50 +0000

brilliant!

Comment on Cafe Paradiso by Sergio Holas

Sergio Holas — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:31:35 +0000

Steve:

I enjoyed your capacity to make visible another side to words such as paradise. As usual we do not take care in noticing this other side or sides and become rapidly inmersed in the carge of words, charge that block our capacity to gaze a places or what we call the world outside there. But also the emotions brought about by these words change when you allow some visibility to this other part .

Muchas gracias.

Comment on Five O’Clock at the River by Dhyan

Dhyan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:34:02 +0000

wonderful Graham. i love the soft alcoholic feel it has…

“the past never ages, as if it were yesterday
it throws itself at your feet”

and what a wonderful observation…

Comment on Brendan Ryan: Shakepeare Didn’t Play Guitar by Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:22:50 +0000

brilliant, a lot of good memories and laughs….what an education you had!