{"id":1860,"date":"2013-06-08T19:43:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T08:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2013-06-08T19:43:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T08:43:51","slug":"unusual-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robwalkerpoet.com\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"UNUSUAL work"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I first saw \u03c0.o. (pronounced Pio) at the salt on the tongue<\/em> Australian Poetry Festival at Goolwa in April, 2010. Then we spoke at the Rabbit launch<\/a> in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

\u03c0.o. \u00a0generously gave me a copy of the magazine\/ journal he edits called Unusual<\/del> Work and invited me to submit. I was really impressed with the experimental\/ alternative work in it and the fact that it was an unashamedly old-school print publication. (They avoid the internet and don\u2019t even accept email submissions \u2013 something else unusual.)<\/p>\n

In subsequent months \u03c0.o. accepted two of my poems; Accents<\/em> (a poem about my fascination with diacritical marks) and If I were a subjunctive clause<\/em> (a love song for a grammar teacher based loosely on a 60s folk song and written when I was in Japan in 2012.) I\u2019ve performed it as a song live with ukulele at a couple of poetry gigs in Adelaide. There\u2019s an audio version \u00a0on ccmixter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can only see the print version in Issue #14 (ISSN 1832-5009) of UNUSUAL<\/del> WORK. Please consider subscribing. Small presses are keeping poetry alive. It\u2019s available for a mere A$10 a copy from
\ncollective effort press<\/p>\n

PO Box 2430
\nGPO Melbourne
\nVic, Australia 3001.<\/p>\n

I share publication with Graeme Drendel, Peter Murphy, Kevin Gillam, Gemma White, Arjun Von Craemmerer, Zeb Durant, ACR, Sean O\u2019Callaghan, Sue Elennell, Jeltje, Albert Rotstein, Ross Jackson, Jan Napier, Sjaak de Jong, Les Wicks, Sandy Caldow, Thalia, Marty Hiatt, Robbie Coburn and \u03c0.o. himself. There are two more poems – Same<\/em> and Remember<\/em>) erroneously attributed to me. I\u2019d be happy to take credit for them but it means that some other poet out there isn\u2019t being acknowledged for her\/his great work.<\/p>\n

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