“I beckon like a lemon, like a feather”
~ Sam Sejavka
damn that rose! there you go – alcohol’s
typos, elephant trees in boots, the body
like a present goes stale in its box
i say i am the sun of my room, though further
inside moss grows on kidneys, and love
as deep as the moon inside a wolf’s throat
o this winter that lasts longer than
a year – what’s to be done, but put one hand
on a sheet, watch it deny itself a bed
you shall arrive when you do unless you don’t
though in the capital of invisible prisons
someday the open door must let in a snake
it ends with a riot of affluence
Sally Malley
Sally Malley was married to both Ern Malley and Ali Carey. She may still be half-alive. Or half-asleep. All her poems are born from having a jaw of gold and a heart of glass.
About Matt Hetherington
Matt Hetherington lives in Thornbury, Melbourne, and is a writer, editor, teacher, and musician. His first collection of poetry was Surface (2004), followed by a chapbook called sweeping the dust: indian haiku & senryu (2005), both published through PRECIOUS PRESS. His most recent poetry collection is I Think We Have (Small Change Press). Matt has translated works from Spanish, French, and Turkish (the poetry of Hidayet Ceylan in bulayt bulayt: poetry in four languages, World Poetry, 2006). In 2006, he was co-editor of Straight from the Tank, a documentary film featuring over 60 poetry performances in Melbourne from 2003-2005. (Red Lobster). In 2005, Matt was a founding member (along with Myron Lysenko and Leanne Hills) of rookuTroupe, who were the initial editors of the rooku component of the Moving Galleries Project. As well as being a member of the project Vetting Panel, he is also on the Moving Galleries Advisory Board, and the board of the Australian Haiku Society.
Further reading:
Maria Takolander, going on the Sam Sejavka reference.
No luck, Corey – but I’m sure you’ll get one right eventually
I think I’m doing very poorly. Bella Li, who remixed Dogs in Space?
Not Bella, no.
‘winter that lasts longer than / a year’ – is this malley from melbourne?
Definitely.
Lucy Holt?
Sorry, no!
Matt Hetherington!
YES!!! Well done, Ali. At this rate, we’ll have revealed all of these hoaxters by the end of the day!
yes, but ali was married to her, under the surname ‘carey’, [see bio], in homage to peter. the tangled webs we weave when we set out to believe!.
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