Barn Owls
Barn Owls White clouds shuffling The pointed branches of the snow gums outreaching Like bony, arthritic fingers Knuckles hollow and swollen Kneading at the copper sky In the grimace of twilight The thought started like a fire fly Lighting up the dark Sticking the glint right to my eyes Departing whites of my knuckles I … Read More
Diver Down
Some look astonished While some may give way They sink to the sea bed And leave the lungfish drift away The light of the world is shrinking in this aquatic holocaust Faces like fish, in the depths of the ocean Eyes immersed into white, saturated flesh Isn’t it quiet? Isn’t it clear? A shield from … Read More
Gotta Pull Down
Gotta Pull Down My favourite place to be Was at the wheel of a rock and roll van Rolling the country with blue skies and semis Driving to a different band Then the car pool stopped And your luck ran out Were you a woman or a man? You gotta pull down The frequencies found … Read More
Shadow of the Fire
Separately I held you near And I stored you Like a cigarette behind my ear I wanted you All to myself Unassisted Like a hand that offers no help And the fire’s gone With the croakin’ of the timber The sounds of a stranger Reproach disintegrating cinders For some warmth For some light I’m alone … Read More
Book Lungs
Book Lungs I miss the smell of split hardwood And the weight of carrying something good Finding and offloading firewood That used to be me. The thought appends to me Like a spider’s web to a bloody finger The acting and accounting For entanglement. Breathe like a spider The book lungs of a spider The … Read More
Post Note
Hey Folks, Last year, I experienced my last nervous performance in Melbourne at the Old Bar. Thanks to the team and friends who were there to witness my unplanned goodbye. Officially, this is an official big thanks to everyone who has supported my 25-year performing history in Brisbane, starting in the Valley in 1993 and … Read More
Album Digital Release tomorrow
Tomorrow marks the official release of my first album in 12 years, so I thought I would give you a brief introduction to the title track of the record, The Lake of Sand and Stone and write openly about it’s meaning. The Lake of Sand and Stone is literally about sinking into a low state … Read More