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Pigeons
Dael Allison (UTS, Australia)

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and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat

phone wires zither feather bags
            opaque as a thundercloud one second
a shimmer apart the next

                        where does that grey originate?

pillows for dreams             flying kisses
                        curdled light shoals

chagall’s lovers over chimneystacks
                                    leunig’s curly creatures

coalesced cumulus
                                    not a shred
                        that isn’t knitted into vapour skeins

iridescent angels
            brighter than phosphorous
                                    luminous as coal

they fan the sky with pleating
                        come together like fingers

 
 

* First line from e e cummings, Buffalo Bill’s
* Last line from W S Merwin, A Tree

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Dael Allison has won numerous awards for poetry, essays and an unpublished novel. Her recently completed Masters in Creative Arts at UTS interprets the life of artist Ian Fairweather in poetry. Fairweather’s Raft, her second volume of poetry, was published this year by Walleah Press. Dael currently lives in Kiribati in the central Pacific – a perfect place for writing.

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