ONE WORD by BABY ANIMALS. Poem by Michael Leach.
Michael Leach recalls a Superjesus/Baby Animals gig.
SATURDAY NIGHT by COLD CHISEL. Poem by Mary Pomfret.
Saturday night hot and dark/lonely widow sits outside/on front verandah no lights on
ANTHEM FOR THE YEAR 2000 by SILVERCHAIR. Poem by Michael Leach.
At the youthful age of 39 poet Michael Leach find teenage memories in a Newcastle museum.
GIMME SHELTER by THE ROLLING STONES. Poem by Mary Pomfret.
It was cold there at the border/I shouted your name, bitter/winds blew strong.
Chime by Damian Balassone
Damian Balassone’s latest book is Chime. It collects the best song lyrics, ballads and narrative poems from two earlier volumes.
FLAME TREES by LOREN RYAN. Poem by Michael Leach.
Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Monday 18 September 2023 A new week has dawned outside this all-but-empty house in the country that I’ve come to call home. As Monday morn becomes more of a memory, I stay seated at my desk with a sick cavoodle on my lap and a view of [...]
THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US by SPARKS. Poem by Gray Lightfoot.
Who were they – this Sparks? No internet back then/No instant information. You remained agog before Google.
PATHS THAT CROSS by PATTI SMITH. Poem by Mary Pomfret.
You called me from somewhere in the desert for 88 nights/When I was living somewhere by the sea
A GOOD HEART by FEARGAL SHARKEY. Poem by Chloe Febbraro.
An old song. A new poem. A timeless tale.
FALLING by JULEE CRUISE. (Twin Peaks theme.) Haiku series by Michael Leach.
sixteen red roses—/the first time we say/three short words