Monthly Archives: October 2012

October issue of Flash Frontier/ Interview with Nuala Ní Chonchúir

It’s October so it’s time for Flash Frontier‘s special international issue. Flash Frontier is a New Zealand journal, and we’ve had submissions all year from people we’ve turned away based on their geographies (alas!)… so we’re pleased that this month … Continue reading

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Tuesday Poem: ‘I want to be an old woman who crosses borders’ by Penny Somervaille

I want to be an old woman who crosses borders  There is a heartline on a white palm a childhood memory of fairy footprints graffiti on fresh snow but look closer this is my heartline these are my footprints when … Continue reading

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Tuesday Poem: ‘Stones’ by Don Narkevic

Stones In 1919 my grandfather carved the lettering for both Carnegie and Frick, clear, clean, and crisp as the ten commandments. In ’37 my old man chiseled Mellon’s stone. I visited it once. Rain-spattered dirt and dead leaves dirtied the … Continue reading

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Tuesday Poem: Poetry and Pecha Kucha

One Day Around the World * OK so this is not a ‘poem’ in the traditional sense but it is a poetic journey of sorts.  For the September 20 Pecha Kucha in Whangarei (City # 291), I worked with Michael Rewi-Thorsen and Peter Larsen to … Continue reading

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Tuesday Poem: ‘Snapshots’ by Michelle Elvy

Snapshots He brings the spoonful of Quaker Oats to his lips; his hand trembles but the oats stick to the spoon. His mind quivers and nothing sticks. A woman smiles up at him from a photo on the front page … Continue reading

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