An old poem of mine,
Suburban Pacific, has been published online with
Island's other face,
Islet. I extend a huge thank you to editor Anica Boulanger-Mashberg for taking this poem. The work comes from my days in Ashbury, in Sydney's inner-west - it looks at how we isolate or restrict ourselves, either intentionally or accidently, from beauty in suburbia. There's a resonance with the Pacific in there too.
There are terrific poetic voices in Islet 5... I particularly love April Krause's evocative photographs of seemingly barren snow-meets-tundra realms.
I wish Anica the best as she moves on to new worlds of words and leaves her editorial position with
Islet. In turn, I
look forward to what future issues of
Islet uncover and hold forth as glittering prizes.
LJ, April 3 2011.
