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Berni M Janssen
Alyson Miller Reviews berni m janssen’s between wind and water (in a vulnerable place)
In ‘speaking out’, the final poem of berni m janssen’s fifth collection, between wind and water (in a vulnerable place), a choral cry for resistance is offered, a lyric that insists on the ability of individuals to provoke immense change: ‘one voice small forms fight in strength / one voice strong gains another / i’m with you, go boldly’.
Posted in BOOK REVIEWS
Tagged Alyson Miller, Berni M Janssen
po (i) nt
an other flees full stop tidal tugs tyres full stop arm a meant for holding torn full stop tired full stop another slips sleeping awake waters sinking full stop mourning tears are salt in which we swim full stop home …
Posted in 92: NO THEME VIII
Tagged Berni M Janssen
Introduction to Javant Biarujia’s Spelter to Pewter
Cover design by Zoë Sadokierski In Javant Biarujia’s poetry, language matters – matters as in important, and matter as a unifying substance, a material to be transformed, and in so doing, becomes transforming. Particles of language are pounded out, splintered, …
Posted in INTRODUCTIONS
Tagged Berni M Janssen, Javant Biarujia, Kent MacCarter, Zoë Sadokierski
Broth
to tongue or not to tongue reed stone heart word mushrooms explode in mouth the world in this bowl of broth my mother has sung songs her mother sung in the making of another poor and thin in the time …
Posted in 70: UMAMI
Tagged Berni M Janssen
Radio Laneways and the Melbourne Sound
It’s a beautiful thing to know what came before. Who walked the laneways ahead of you, smoothed any paths that might have otherwise been jarring, who stood up so you could sit down.
Posted in ESSAYS
Tagged 3RRR, alicia sometimes, Ania Walwicz, Berni M Janssen, Pi O, Sophie Cunningham
Spoon Bending: A Chapbook Curated by Kent MacCarter
There is no such thing as a good poem about nothing? What does that mean, exactly? And what’s all this about spoon bending anyways?
Posted in CHAPBOOKS
Tagged Amanda Stewart, Andrew Riemer, Berni M Janssen, Bonny Cassidy, Dorothea Rosa Herliany, Elena Gomez, Elif Sezen, Elżbieta Wójcik-Leese, Gig Ryan, Ingrid de Kok, Jane Gibian, Jennifer K Dick, Jodi Braxton, JS Harry, Kent MacCarter, Lee Kofman, Mark Rothko, Nicolette Stasko, peter minter, Susan Schultz, Tracy Ryan, Vona Groarke
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can can tu tu da da do do can do da da can tu tu do tu can do da da tu do can tu do tu do da can da can da can do tu can tu do da …
Posted in SPOONBENDING
Tagged Berni M Janssen
