Four poems in ROCHFORD STREET REVIEW

Rochford Street Review has published four of Andrew’s poem in its latest issue, Issue 31, 2021:1.

The poems are: “Little Things” (a set of 8 haiku); “After the Fishermen” (a set of 2 tanka); “Times of Fox-Dread” (a suite of 4 tanka); and “Petal Poems, Kyoto” (a 3-tanka suite).

The first haiku in “Little Things” is:

A flustering moth
on the lighted windowsill
in a gecko’s mouth.
.           .© Andrew Lansdown

The 4 tanka in “Times of Fox-Dread” were written after a visit to Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto. The first tanka in the set is titled “Possession” and reads:

In old Japan
fear of foxes polluted
everyday life:
Oh, is that maid a vixen?
Is that sickness possession?
.           .© Andrew Lansdown

You can read the poems in full on the Rochford Street Review website here.

Poem in anthology, Recoil Twelve

 

 

 

Andrew’s poem “Vikings” was published recently in the anthology Recoil Twelve, edited by Coral Carter and published by Mulla Mulla Press for the Perth Poetry Club.

“Vikings” is a tribute poem for the late Hal GP Colebatch.

Andrew read the poem at the book launch in the Moon Café on Saturday, 27th March, 2021.

You can read “Vikings” on this website here.

Poem in anthology, The Poet’s Quest for God

 

 

 

Andrew’s poem “Prayer” is included in the landmark anthology, The Poet’s Quest for God: 21st Century Poems of Faith, Doubt and Wonder, edited by Fr. Oliver Brennan & Todd Swift with Kelly Davio & Cate Myddleton-Evans (London: Eyewear Publishing, 2016, 457 pages).

Although Andrew gave permission to the editors and publisher to anthologise his poem back in 2014, it was only recently that he discovered that the anthology was published in 2016.

“Prayer” is a villanelle dedicated to, and prayed on behalf of, Andrew’s late mother. It has been published in several of Andrew’s poetry collections, most recently in Abundance: New and Selected Poems, published in the United States by Cascade Books, and imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers.