Why am I dreaming
Of the night’s
Mawkish
Militancy...
Of the night’s
Mawkish
Militancy...
A carnation, unwieldy bowed
Receding in a row
Of ‘old woman’
Saltbush
Receding in a row
Of ‘old woman’
Saltbush
That didn’t turn true-blue,
But peaked
Lacquered
Thin as
But peaked
Lacquered
Thin as
An oppressed mortal’s
Herring-
Bone
Shroud
Herring-
Bone
Shroud
And the stocked-up
Richet
Of attrition
On the run! Must be
Richet
Of attrition
On the run! Must be
Faust’s off-siders
Doing the rounds.
© Stefanie Bennett
Doing the rounds.
© Stefanie Bennett
Australian film-maker James Ricketson sentenced to six years' jail in Cambodia
Stefanie Bennett has published several books of poetry – worked with Arts Action
For Peace, & ‘Equality’ [Human rights]. Of mixed ancestry – Italian, Irish Paugussett
-Shawnee, she was born in Queensland, Australia.
Stefanie Bennett has published several books of poetry – worked with Arts Action
For Peace, & ‘Equality’ [Human rights]. Of mixed ancestry – Italian, Irish Paugussett
-Shawnee, she was born in Queensland, Australia.
*Spoken by James Ricketson – Australian filmmaker – jailed in Cambodia
for espionage 31st August 2018.
