downtown here
is just like my city
in this city
poems are written on parchment
everything important
is said in silence
around each sharp corner
soft green edges
am I walking too quickly
or running too slowly
to English Bay
where low tide strands deadfall
this city
is nothing like downtown home
in my city
poems are written on pavement
everything silent
is said to be important
around each sharp corner
soft rivers’ edge
am I running away from
or walking right into
downtown Brisbane
where king tide swallows mangroves whole
Julie Beveridge is a poet who lives in Brisbane. She is the Program and Services Manager for Queensland Writers Centre and was Festival Director for the Queensland Poetry Festival in 2008 and 2009. Julie has been a feature artist at the Queensland Poetry Festival; Byron Bay Writers Festival; Brisbane Writers Festival; Tasmanian Poetry Festival and the 2006 Word Wrestling Federation SLAM. Her collection
Home is where the Heartache Is (Small Change Press) is her first collection of haibun. Her follow up collection
home{sic} was released in June 2012.
