are you ready for this? forget I asked there’s no way you could be ready for what has to follow the necessity of the next is not in dispute I use my vocabulary to enthuse, not confuse all the English…
Adam Ford: poet, novelist, zinemaker, comic artist, show-off
2011 australian poetry slam highest scoring local poet (castlemaine heat)
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Tagged with: doppler shift, gravitino, hypercube, poems, poetry, poets wreck lives
Posted in poems, Published work
Posted in poems, Published work
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
My words, their voices: After America
Even more surreal and pleasurable than being declared Fictional Poet Laureate of The United States of America in John Birmingham’s thriller novel After America is hearing the words of my fictional Poet Laureate counterpart being read in the audiobook version…
Tagged with: after america, audiobooks, john birmingham, kevin foley, poet laureate, wimpy poets
Posted in people who are nice enough to publish me, Published work
Posted in people who are nice enough to publish me, Published work
Published: Aftermath
Back in 2009 John Birmingham put out a call over The Twitter for poets who read science-fiction thrillers, which a friend passed on to me for some reason. I got in touch and soon received an intriguing email from John…
“Every word lovingly crafted by these two hands…”
…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.
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
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 vault: isms
I’m a bit worried about all of this rampant pigeonholism & unnecessary categorisationism, but I guess you could say I’m a believer in sleeping latism, vegetarian lasagnism & thai green curryism, romantic poeticism, friendly humourism, pub bandism, early morning sexism,…
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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.
