4 poems in 2 issues of Quadrant

Quadrant published Andrew’s poem “Women with Infants” in its January-February 2012 issue. The magazine also published Andrew’s poems “Seize the Day”, “Pink Tones” and “Stargazing” in its April 2012 issue. “Pink Tones” is reproduced below:

Pink Tones

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To the sporadic pull

of the air’s clear rope

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the hibiscus blossom

sways and swings

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but its pistil tongue

still cannot strike

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the wall of the bell,

which peals out

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not sound but colour.

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© Andrew Lansdown