Small Town Kid – update

The new listing on Smashwords has gone live now - still in pre-order today, I think. That means Barnes and Noble, Kobo and others now stock the digital edition of the book, for reading on the Nook and other generic devices that aren't Kindle. I decided to revisit the book in an article posted on …

there is always the gramophone (I’ll show you)

I can’t reallysayhow it happened wejust metandsuited each othersomehow it wasat the palaiswhen I was dancingand I stillloveto dancewhenever lesliewill take me if I get to chooseit will bea dance hall or the pictures in the eveningif we don’t go outthere is alwaysthe gramophone hereI’ll show itto you ~

seeking (ida)

what is itI seek . . . it is jazz it isjazz baby her nameis ida

I’m ida (who are you)

Ida Pender 06/03/1922 (Jazz Baby collection 27/06/2021) ohI’m just a girlfrom elsternwick I was bornnear there -in brighton -soI haven’t moved aroundvery much I learned to dancewith miss lilliasandshe would have us allperformin publicto a performance listthat we practiced some of the girlssangbut I was alwaysmore interestedin moving aroundand feelinglike I was free when I …

Leaving: 1, 2, 3 – a reading

. . . and just like that! Here it is! My reading of the poem Leaving: 1, 2, 3. I hope you enjoy it. I will also pop in the link for my reading of the poem coming, which was included in the previous year's anthology. Check out the books. Buy one if they appeal …

A new treasure

Today, I'm delighted to share a new treasure that came in the mail yesterday. Some readers here will recall that I'm a regular attender (or try to be) at the annual Rainforest Writing Retreat (RWR) held up a mountain at a place called Oreilly's in Queensland. For two years running I've not been able to …

Small Town Kid – listing on Smashwords

I find myself pursuing so many imaginry rabbits down so many imaginary rabbit holes, and time evaporates before I have a moment to raise my head and notice. Today I received a notice from the e-book distributor Smashwords to advise me of their pending Summer/Winter sale. I like Smashwords a lot, but as an author, …

meet leslie (we’re in the papers)

Squizzy Taylor from The Sun News Pictorial 22/09/1922 hello meet leslie it is truehe is smallish manof only fivefeet two so what andit’s truethey saythat he is badinall kinds of ways so what so whatwhyshould I care he dresses wellandbuys me thingsand . . . andhe takes medancing sometimesit isa dangerous lifebutthe coppersdon’t know(anything) and …

Sheep On The Somme – a new reading of 3 poems

in emergency colours (I’ll come back for you)

come onidalet’s ride the track the flatsor jumpsor . . . I don’t care being famousis fantasticandbeing badisbeing free we can makea moviestarringthe two of us Iwill be the jockeyandthe hero but never fear no never fear I will comein the final reelto save you you know thatI’ll always come backfor you ~