4 poems in Quadrant

Four of Andrew’s poems were published in the November 2017 issue of Quadrant: “from Vegetal Variations” , “Kyoto Autumn Maples” , “Prattle” , and “The Succour Trees” .

“Kyoto Autumn Maples” is a set of six tanka that won the $1,500 2016 Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Prize.

“The Succour Trees” is reprinted below:

The Succour Trees

In Gethsemane
olives were the only ones
(excluding angels)
who stood by the Son of God
as he wept and sweated blood.

          © Andrew Lansdown