beyond the reader’s window frame
the sky’s taut tent pulls
from pale nylon to the heavy canvas
of a violently blue
Australian mid-summer noonfar up the lost transition
the blackness of outer spaceher cheek turns against
an indigo pillowthe magnified twill disperses
white light
and colour is seen
for the scatter it ispoor brain made of water
rainbowed soap bubble
popped to a starburst of tiny mini-bubbles
shootingoffin eight
directionsher eyes skate down the icy page
and suddenly every word twinklesthe sun in multiples
the vast and glittering seaseen through a wire fly screen
35.0: OZ-KO (ENVOY)
Poetry Editor David PraterReleased April 2011
Contributor Notes
OZ-KO (ENVOY) is the first part of Cordite's special thirty-fifth issue showcasing contemporary poets from Australia and the Republic of Korea in an unique bi-lingual exchange.






Very deep. Great writing. Vivid images, where the active witnessing of translation is caught between reading, looking and going elsewhere.