A very different remix of the words I wrote for Simplicity. This production’s by Mana Junkie who’s also done excellent remixes of my poems Crying at the Poetry Reading, The Thoughts of Charlie Sheen and Rock, Paper, Scissors.
There are a whole lot of poetry events coming up over the next few weeks. Being in Himeji, Japan, I can’t make them, but maybe you can. It’s not an exhaustive list – just events which I’ve been invited to – check local gig guides. Click on the links for more details.
ADELAIDE
Bindii Readings (Haiku & Japanese poetry)
Saturday, May 12, 2012
3:00pm
At Stirling Library on Saturday May 12 at 3pm
The Lee Marvin Readings; Every Tuesday in May
Words @ The Wall:
Peter Goldsworthy and Aidan Coleman
May 16, Treasures Wall, State Library
Paroxysm Press’s event:
May 20, 7:00 pm at Squatters Arms, 1 George St, Thebarton, South Australia
Mon June 4th, Crown & Sceptre
A tribute to Stephen Lawrence
MELBOURNE:
Launch of Rabbit Poetry Journal
Wednesday 16th May 6:30pm
Embiggen Books, 197-203 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne (opposite the Wheeler Centre).
Readings, free wine, rabbit food, and general rabbit merriment.
Free entrance, but we encourage you to buy the bunny!
A remix of my poem the bird leaves its cage (and enters another) remixed with duckett’s smooth production of Ad Astra by Ghost Collective.
The bird leaves its cage and enters another
for Juan Garrido-Salgado*
1990.
english was in the air.
the air
was english
blowing on a sea breeze at henley or glenelg
one sentence floats near you
but it will not come
into your mouth
tortured barred
in & from your homeland
mute in the newland
your heart bleeds metaphors
exiled from your tongue
alien vowels/ consonants
fill your ears
elude your mouth
your heart an injured bird
one wing
plastered to tarmac
an impotent flapping
in spanish
• In 1990 Juan was granted asylum in Australia after fleeing Chile’s Pinochet régime which burned his poetry and imprisoned and tortured him.
This was first published in Blue Giraffe 3 ISSN: 1832-6277. It also appeared in my collection micromacro and on the Poetas del Mundo and Australian Reader websites.
There’s been too much tragedy lately. It’s time I posted something a little more uplifting. I heard Copperhead’s very laid-back production of Simple Things. Leza’s astonshing voice (for me it has all the freshness and optimism of a young Joni Mitchell) & the multi-instruments of Jeris inspired me to add some spoken words and remix it. Thanks to Leza, Jeris and Copperhead for allowing me to share in your considerable talents.
Two images of C, a girl I taught many years ago; an innocent ten-year-old and years later when I went to visit her in hospital.
The original poem from a novel, torn appeared on a US website The Oracular Tree and in my collection micromacro.
This version uses the tight production of Within a dream by onlymeith and features the beautiful voice of snowflake. It was originally published on ccmixter.org.