A shattered few years lived just moments ago. Years ago. Heartbeats ago. Picking up these fragments. Placed on a delicate palm. Showing me the sharpest details of what has died.
That was what I read.
Then there's your voice.
Those columns meant nothing to me on the page. But the the way you stopped and opened up these silences was like that palm full of fragments closing tight. Opening. Closing tight. Opening.
'Cardboard castles to house a million wounds' is an awesome line, and the audio sounds fantastic. Congratulations on the Diamond & the Thief entry, it is a fantastic publication.
This place is my playground, a virtual scrap book of poetry and stories, real and imagined, in snippets. Photography sometimes provides a scene in which moments take place, other times it just frames moments comfortably, prodding the imagination a little more.
There are occasional slices of theatre writing here also, examining the way others tell stories on stage.
Nice things said ...
"Allison Browning's Fuel tells a story where a young couple buys fuel at a stark service station. They are a bit like a couple that has strayed from a Raymond Carver story... "
Robert Adamson, Editor Best Australian Poems
" 'This is How' shouldn't inspire prosaic thoughts. So: A shattered few years lived just moments ago. Years ago. Heartbeats ago. Picking up these fragments. Placed on a delicate palm. Showing the sharpest details of what has died ... A palm full of fragments closing tight. Opening. Closing tight. Opening."
A.S Patric
"The writing is visceral, evocative. The restrained way in which she creates a sense of eroticism in the prose is admirable."
Harvest Journal
"One of my favourites this year... I can't wait to read the book of poems that includes 'Fuel'. It's a much better poem than I first realised even, such clean lines and fine detail. It seems like a beautiful silent film with endless possibilities. "
Robert Adamson
'A Penny for Your Thoughts,' they said ... (A little handful of published pieces)
8 comments:
'This is How' shouldn't inspire prosaic thoughts.
So:
A shattered few years lived just moments ago. Years ago. Heartbeats ago. Picking up these fragments. Placed on a delicate palm. Showing me the sharpest details of what has died.
That was what I read.
Then there's your voice.
Those columns meant nothing to me on the page. But the the way you stopped and opened up these silences was like that palm full of fragments closing tight. Opening. Closing tight. Opening.
That is incredibly kind of you and such a beautiful comment to post. Thank you so sincerely A.S.
'Cardboard castles to house a million wounds' is an awesome line, and the audio sounds fantastic. Congratulations on the Diamond & the Thief entry, it is a fantastic publication.
thanks so much Mark, yes Black Rider Press are up to good things with 'Diamond' indeed.
hey allison
I LOVED listening to this. thanks
Thanks so much Nathan!
Great piece Allison!
Thanks Sean!
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