(Michael Ondaatje vs. alicia sometimes) At first she refused to sing. But here she was. A long brown dress, with fringes. Fred Longshaw at the piano. I slip by the mike, throw trashed words into laps. my bass is chalk.…
Adam Ford: poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off
2011 australian poetry slam highest scoring local poet (castlemaine heat)
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Postcards from Ivy: Part 2
With November receding far into the distance – how was THAT for a December that got a bunch of chemicals dumped on it in the middle of a lightning storm, hah? – it’s time to reflect upon the remainder of…
Tagged with: Ivy Alvarez, poetry, postcards, snail mail
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, poetry, the writing process
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, poetry, the writing process
Postcards from Ivy – Part 1
In late October Ivy Alvarez put the call out to poets to send her one poem a week on a postcard throughout November, in return for which she would do the same. I was interested in the idea, not only…
Tagged with: Ivy Alvarez, poetry, posctards
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, poems, poetry, the writing process
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, poems, poetry, the writing process
Paradise
Malakh lands himself in trouble. Abdiel acts indifferently during a movie date with Gabriel. Metatron defends Sachiel’s decision to breastfeed in public. Uriel promises to watch Arariel in the sprint race. Urania is desperate to fall pregnant. Sachiel discovers that…
…and for a moment
we are timeless infinite eternal magnificent until we drift back to earth together sated angels in mutual embrace
Published – Mea Culpa
I have a word-based contribution on cordite at the mo, part of the oz-ko (envoy) issue, which is the prelude to the forthcoming oz-ko issue that will feature Korean poets translated into English and Australian poets translated into Hangul, which,…
Tagged with: bibimbap, cordite, elizabeth stewart, fleur beaupert, geoff page, joe dolce, kimchi, korea, literary journals, patrick jones, poetry, poetry journals
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, people who are nice enough to publish me, poems, Published work, reflected glory, writing
Posted in i would like to recommend these people's writing, new poems, people who are nice enough to publish me, poems, Published work, reflected glory, writing
Leftover Countdown
On Sunday night he checks the fridge: last night’s noodles for lunch on Monday, leftover tikka masala on Tuesday, the last piece of spinach pie on Wednesday, pumpkin soup Thursday, sandwich on Friday. Even though it’s payday on Thursday he’ll…
Tagged with: leftovers, lunch, poems, pumpkin soup, spinach pie, tikka masala
Posted in new poems, poems
Posted in new poems, poems
Thoughts on “On a Role”
Last week’s poem post was kind of a sample from a collaborative poem that’s going to be in Overland 200, which is due out in September. Award-winning Wagga Wagga poet Mr. Derek Motion, whom some of you might also remember…
On a Role
The Director of Victory kept the future in mind. The moon’s bad luck gave the writers a tool. They ran the website and loaned out their tears. The money was endless where they lived. No writer knows how to work…
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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.
