A Complexity of Life
Scattered across the sea the fossilised fingerprints of your invisible touch proclaim the coincidence of our lineage. A single point from which we all emerged,
Driving into the Dreamtime: An Interview with Donald Beagle
In a change to the usual format of this blog, this post features a longform interview with the poet and scholar Donald Beagle, whose recent
Mercury Sinking
Spat out from the murky exhalations of our impetuous industry you drift into the firmament, tainting its continence with your coarse and filthy touch, trickling
A Rolling Wind Gathers the Moss
Spread out like a living blanket of dewy jade, the fire moss basks in its ubiquity. Verdant carpets that stretch out across the forest, over
Shrinking Monarchs
Blown on cooling winds your paper wings flutter in the breeze, a murmuration of autumn leaves stretched across the horizon. Stray gusts catch the chosen
Tidal Evolution
Sailing by moonlight you wallow in the opulence of your oceanic abode. An illusion of permanence concealing the current that now bathes you in shameful
Bellwether Beetles
Tiny flecks of red dance across artificial rivers of powdered grain, their movements halted only by the confusing steps of a familiar other. The speed
Circles Beneath the Sea
Hidden below the waves an unknown artist plies his trade, moving purposefully to dig valleys and furrows at appealing angles that start to take shape;
Better than Earth
Mechanical eyes sweep immeasurable skies, searching for life with boundaries pre-defined by the limitations of their homely existence. Blinkered hands reaching into dusky bags to
Zombie Fires
Buried beneath the snow line, these smouldering corpses begin to glow. Forgotten fires, whose reanimated embers burn brightly across the tundra; frozen bodies recoiling at