…with the help of this kicky little knitted poetry game, of course. Poetry has never been so quilty! You can knit your very own poems over at The Poetry Society UK. Thanks to dumbfoundry for the link.
Adam Ford: poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off
2011 australian poetry slam highest scoring local poet (castlemaine heat)
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“Every word lovingly crafted by these two hands…”
Tagged with: knitted poetry, knitting, poetry
Posted in From the vaults, new ways to procrastinate, poems, Published work
Posted in From the vaults, new ways to procrastinate, poems, Published work
Knit one, poem two
Once again, thanks to The Poetry Society UK and their very crafty knitted poem generator.
Tagged with: knitted poetry, knitting, poetry
Posted in From the vaults, new ways to procrastinate, poems, The Third Fruit is a Bird
Posted in From the vaults, new ways to procrastinate, poems, The Third Fruit is a Bird
From the Vaults: Solo Flight
If you throw the frisbee by yourself, it will not come back. The sun might be shining in the most exquisite way, But If you throw the frisbee by yourself, it will not come back. You might have just won…
Tagged with: dogs, frisbees, innocent bliss, tattslotto
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, Published work
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, Published work
From the vaults: Weighting for the Weekend
In the post-relativity universe, where measurement has lost all certainty, the most flexible unit of time is the weekend. From Friday night to Monday morning time stretches and blurs, contracts and bends. On end-of-the-working-week Fridays time slows to a stroll.…
Tagged with: poetry, quarks, relativity, tectonic plates, weekends
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
From the Vault: The Thumpin’ Boyhug
Expressions of affection between men can be awkward. You don’t want to give the wrong impression. There’s a signal that makes it clear what the hugger’s intentions are. Just combine the hug with a sturdy pat on the back. It’s…
Tagged with: hugs, masculinity, thumping
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
Posted in From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work
From the vaults: Pissing off Ezra
The story sharp goes that Ezra moonlight Pound and his triptych buddies would matchbox look at limp young orthopaedic sandals poets’ manuscripts tree vole camping-ground and critique telephone samoyed them, more often triangle than not hopeful re-writing sandwich their poems…
Tagged with: ezra pound, poetry, the age, The Third Fruit is a Bird
Posted in From the vaults, poems, Published work, The Third Fruit is a Bird
Posted in From the vaults, poems, Published work, The Third Fruit is a Bird
From the vaults: Kevin the Fucked-Up Goldfish
He hung there, floating in the murky water thinking fishy thoughts. He was Kevin the Fucked-Up Goldfish. His tank sat on top of the fridge filled with cigarette butts, beer bottle tops, a little red Lego man, gravel from the…
Tagged with: bongwater, goldfish, pets, poetry
Posted in From My Head, From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work, the reason why I am doing this
Posted in From My Head, From the vaults, Not Quite the Man for the Job, poems, Published work, the reason why I am doing this
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Adam Ford is the author of the poetry books The Third Fruit is a Bird, Not Quite the Man for the Job and From My Head, the novel Man Bites Dog and the short story collection Heroes and Civilians.
He is the genius behind the cult-hit website Monkey Punch Dinosaur and the twitter novel Aramis Fox.
He also makes zines and comics. This is his website.
His email is ADAMFORD-escargot-LABYRINTH-full-stop-NET-full-stop-AU
This website was made on the traditional lands of the Jaara Jaara and the Wurundjeri peoples.
