joanne burns



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joanne burns is a sydney writer. her latest collection of poetry is 'footnotes of a hammock' [Five Islands Press 2004].

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joanne burns is a sydney writer. her latest collection of poetry is 'footnotes of a hammock' [Five Islands Press 2004].

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Thump

bright flag of insincerity wearing your speil like a fake bow tie who ever wrote your speeches pigged out on the punctuation we pause we pause we pause twiddling with the hearing aids seems the way to go; bibles are …

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Mallography

this is the bookstall proud as a plaza for people who don't much like books but find them easy to gift wrap one hundred and fifty risotto recipes fruit salad around the world poodle fun and head ache management tomorrow …

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Bug

take it from here: the sky and its rattles just amnesia's litter the three day order waiting above the cook top essential ingredients lost to the pen's failing muscle: negotiations for an egg cup of freshly squeezed ink never seem …

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Shelf Life

from ‘skim reading’ in the churning waters of the auburn municipal pool a boy is swimming like chairman mao in cheap goggle. mickey mouse donates his top hat to a rock at lourdes. awaiting instruction in the art of patient …

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truce: the humid handshake

thunder in the border lounge the carpet runs for cover the apricot armrest wears its amputation like an official decoration, say the order of australia, the bathroom of the failed statistic steams like a fragrant wonton where are the rusks, …

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audition

cheap crisp and pocket size recorded sounds of nature on compact disc or tape mountain stream waterfall river desert snowfall rainforest swamp; birdcall crocodile stallion snake and – the eternal crystal spring: slip them into your ears quicker than you …

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