The May 2016 issue of The Mozzie (Vol. 24, Issue 3) contains three of Andrew’s poems: “Dip”, “Blossoming Cherry, Kyoto” and “Notch”.
New book combines poetry & photography
Rhiza Press has published a hardback book of Andrew’s poetry and photography titled Kyoto Sakura Tanka.
The setting for the collection is Kyoto city and the Kansai region of Japan. The season is spring, when the cherry blossoms (sakura) bloom. The 105 poems are modelled on an ancient form of Japanese poetry known as tanka, which is structured in 5 lines and 31 syllables (5, 7, 5, 7, 7 syllables per line). The 93 photographs are full colour and depict fascinating scenes and details of Japan’s ancient capital.
Kyoto Sakura Tanka is available postfree at a discount price of $25 from this website. Click here to buy a copy to keep … and another to give away!
New poetry chapbook by Andrew
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A small collection of Andrew’s poetry has been published by Life Ministries. The God of the Glimpses is a pocket-size chapbook consisting of 32 pages and 19 poems. The poems are a series of dramatic monologues–written in the voice of various characters–exploring the life of the Old Testament prophet Elijah.
Read more about the chapbook, including a sample poem, here.
The God of the Glimpses can be purchased for just $5.95 (postage included) from the BUY BOOKS page of this website.
2 poems in Quadrant
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The May 2016 issue of Quadrant magazine contains two of Andrew’s poems–“Café Senryu” (which is a three-senryu set) and “Pond Tanka” (which is a two-tanka set). “Café Senryu” is reproduced below:
Cafe Senryu
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Upmarket café—
looks like I’m the only one
without a gym pass.
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At the next table
two well-manicured women
whining and dining.
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For a bigger buzz
the mating flies plunge into
my cappuccino!
© Andrew Lansdown
2 poems in Quadrant
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Quadrant published two of Andrew’s poems–“The Pleasure” and “Dip”–in its April 2016 issue. “The Pleasure” is reprinted below:
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The Pleasure
It is my pleasure,
the pleasure
I give to the chooks
as I toss the scraps
and watch the scrapes
and scraps erupt
between them as
with clucks and pecks
and quick scratchings
and wild flappings
they wolf down
without snivelling
the sops from our tea.
© Andrew Lansdown
Poem in The Mozzie
The February 2016 issue of The Mozzie contains one of Andrew’s poems: “Jizo Stones by the Three-Storeyed Pagoda”.
6 poems and a review in Studio
Studio magazine has published six of Andrew’s poems in its latest issue–Number 136, 2015. The poems are: “Parting Petals”, “Forgetting”, “Missing”, “Water for Worship”, “Nijo Castle, Kyoto” and “Temple Stone Basin”.
This issue of Studio also contains the speech Andrew gave at the launch of Shane McCauley’s book, Trickster, on 6 June 2015. The launching speech can be read on Andrew’s website, here.
2 poems in Falling and Flying anthology
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Two of Andrew’s poems have been published in the new Brandl & Schlesinger anthology, Falling and Flying: Poems on Ageing. The editors, Susan Ogle and Judith Beveridge, chose Andrew’s poems “Meditations on Pain” and “Us2” for inclusion.
On their website (http://brandl.com.au/recent-titles/falling-and-flying), the publishers state:
Falling and Flying: Poems on Ageing – is the first collection of its kind to be published in Australia. The editors have selected a broad range of Australian poems which explore the universal experience and effects of ageing. Whether the poets are witnessing themselves or their parents and friends succumb to the years, they speak with great precision and insight into illness, frailty, death, loss, grief and retirement as well as the joys and the wisdom that late maturity can bring. There is humour as well as sadness in this fine and important collection, which includes the work of some of Australia’s best loved poets, a volume to be cherished by readers of any age.
Dr Susan Ogle is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and geriatrician at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney and has recently completed a Masters of Medical Humanities. Susan has been interested in medical education for many years, using literature (stories and poetry), patient and family narratives and role play. She is co-editor of Reflection, the humanities section of the Australasian Journal on Ageing. Her poetry has been published in literary and medical journals.
Judith Beveridge is the author of six volumes of poetry, most recently Devadatta’s Poems and Hook and Eye. She is the poetry editor of Meanjin and teaches poetry writing at postgraduate level at the University of Sydney. She has won many prizes for her poetry including the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal and the Christopher Brennan Award. Her work has been studied in schools and universities and has been translated into several languages.
Poetry | Published November 2015
ISBN: 978-1-921556-87-6 pb
RRP: $29.95
Poem in Valley Micropress
The New Zealand journal, Valley Micropress, published one of Andrew’s poem in its November/December 2015 (Vol. 18, No. 10) issue. The poem, “Forgetting-Grass” (not to be confused with Andrew’s poem of the same name published in The Weekend Australian newspaper in January 2015), was first published under the title “The Forgetting-Grass Enigma” in the January-February issue of Quadrant magazine.
Poem in The Mozzie
The Mozzie published one of Andrew’s poems, a tanka titled “Conformity” (although the title was inexplicably missing!), in its November 2015 issue.