A broody Medusa eye.
Sulphur-crested cockatoos
Turn like boomerangs on ochreous air.Fat African cats,
The clouds stretch and gloat.
In the godsA Devil's honing
Her stone
Arrowheads,My skeleton
Curves. Planetary moons
Dazzle mercurial seas,White swimming horses drown,
And I taste, with a pang,
A life as bare as Shark Bay's manatees.
31.0: EPIC
Poetry Editor Ali AlizadehReleased 1 December 2009
Index of Poems
Cover image: Eddy Burger
Our thirty-first issue was suitably gigantic, with poetry editor Ali Alizadeh selecting a wide range of epic works. Read his editorial, then check out the craziness of the sequel, POST-EPIC.
This captures a nice'powerful picture in a few power surged lines – LOVE IT!