John Bartlett



no first name

dear first name family name sorry your poem was not selected you have not been selected for war please disassemble your firearms now firearms not needed on this planet or at the last dinner dance in Cooper Pedy at the …

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John Bartlett Reviews Kevin Brophy and Linda Adair

Despite the publishing limitations in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 restrictions, Melbourne Poets Union remarkably released seven chapbooks last year in its new Blue Tongue Poets and Red-bellied Poets series, all under the auspices of the soon-to-retire editor, Tina Giannoukos.

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Mistakes

Ti-tree flowers mistaken for snow A bird on an aimless afternoon How much time is left to me and why are you walking ahead? A bird on an aimless afternoon Clouds gather like bargain hunters and why are you walking …

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