What happens when birds fall?
Do birds always fall?a broken jet wing
fills the river-flat
todayWhat if a bird
fell between us?let it be swift
old catHow many birds would it take to spin a cyclone?
Can bird bones blow wind into my lungs?
bone and quill
straighten, lungs
burst, ears
scream, tail
rudders, wings
sweepI define
flight
arrow
death for one fishWhat if I could taste
your breath between us?salt
Do birds ever get sick of air?
Do all birds like the colour blue?down, down,
down feather, down
down in flames
flaming down
flamin’ go down
flamingo down
down dance
brolga dance
starling flocks
startlings
murmur
n ationsAre birds’ mouths
too small for us?that cuckoo will swoop my last bubble
breath
Is the first joint of my little finger a vulture delicacy?
What would if feel like to break a bone with a beak?up
water streams
air rushes
I accelerate
with my catch
to the sun
and the height and
the flock
all around
Would you claw away
the blood between usI hear the fish in my gullet Can beaks be soft?
Would you recognise a smiling bird?tiny bird
insects at sunset
a Möbius loop
Will you ever wash your side
of the glass between us?cit︢ sis︢ sic︢ ran nar︣ cis︣ sis︣ tic
chickcihcWhat would life sound like from inside an egg?
Would there be more swans if kicked-chicks lived?mother duck coo Ɵ
water Ơ – tap tap tap Ƹmother duck calls from the pond
we launch ҈
into air
into waterwait
are we dabblers or divers?
Will you stand there
till the air is cold between us?kookaburra’s chest How many feathers make a bird?
How many feathers do you have?the balance between the
the rise on the
the dip on the
the warp and weft of the
the scents on the
the sounds of the
the spray of the
the shades of the
the feel of the
the hunger in the
the love of the
and the joy of theAre there feathers
between us?what does she see in him? Are you a bird?
If you could be a new kind of bird, what would you look like?◊
a◊a
regit◊tiger
htom a◊a moth
htom-regit a◊a tiger-moth
htom-regit wolley a◊a yellow tiger-moth
htom-regit wolley thgirb a◊a bright yellow tiger-moth
htom-regit wolley thgirb◊bright yellow tiger-moth
htom wolley thgirb◊bright yellow moth
regit wolley thgirb◊bright yellow tiger
wolley thgirb◊bright yellow
wolley◊yellow
thgirb◊bright
htom◊moth
a◊a
a◊a
a◊a
◊How will birds end?
- 115: SPACE
with A Sometimes
114: NO THEME 13
with J Toledo & C Tse
113: INVISIBLE WALLS
with A Walker & D Disney
112: TREAT
with T Dearborn
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
with C Lowe & J Langdon
105: NO THEME 11
with E Grills & E Stewart
104: KIN
with E Shiosaki
103: AMBLE
with E Gomez and S Gory
102: GAME
with R Green and J Maxwell
101: NO THEME 10
with J Kinsella and J Leanne
100: BROWNFACE
with W S Dunn
99: SINGAPORE
with J Ip and A Pang
97 & 98: PROPAGANDA
with M Breeze and S Groth
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
with S Barnes and Q Eades
87: DIFFICULT
with O Schwartz & H Isemonger
86: NO THEME VII
with L Gorton
85: PHILIPPINES
with Mookie L and S Lua
84: SUBURBIA
with L Brown and N O'Reilly
83: MATHEMATICS
with F Hile
82: LAND
with J Stuart and J Gibian
81: NEW CARIBBEAN
with V Lucien
80: NO THEME VI
with J Beveridge
57.1: EKPHRASTIC
with C Atherton and P Hetherington
57: CONFESSION
with K Glastonbury
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