Twining Glycine
Invisible her crimson truth before she flowers
Our only hope is love
for us to fall in
love with nature, shift
towards
the lift
her love, her whole embrace
Twining Glycine - original music by Elizabeth Walton responding to wildflower
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David that's amazing - all of it. I never knew Deb Westbury, but I knew her partner, John, and his kids. I lived in the mountains for many years and they lived just up the road. I'd love to hear more about the workshop Ron Pretty ran. My work is a little more contemporary than what the press usually prefers, but I'm very happy they moved past the traditional constraints and published my work. @magdalena ball made some responses to block work that used in my collection, similarly to the block form you used in your exploration of the south coast rail. I think your work is like the short story by Frank Moorehouse that travels over the hills to the beach, which is a favourite of @richard lawson
Very lovely, Elizabeth....
The music reminds me of the work of NZ musician Annabel Alpers - in her "Bachelorette" project period...
I just dropped in because you "liked" my Note and followed me. To my surprise, I see you have a book coming out with Five Islands Press. Congratulations! I had thought Five Islands was moribund, but I see they have a new website - and even a poetry award. Ron Pretty published my little collection "Spinifex" in the Five Islands "New Poets" series in .... ohhh.... 2001.
Until re-emerging here on Substack I have been away from publishing since soon after that....
My Post "South Coast Line" tells some of that story...
https://davidkirkby.substack.com/p/south-coast-line
You seem to have links to Newcastle - my former home, where we still spend part of the year. I see you have a "Gillian Mears" post too - a weird coincidence, since we live most of the year on the Clarence River, downstream from her old home.
So - with all that - I thought I should hit the "Subscribe" button.
Best Wishes - Dave :)