before Italy
hair penned in
as an afterthought,
a woolly plate and
everything a second edge
yellow a dream
only –
caricature even,
and Pompeii
nothing but a fork
beneath cloth.
- Ashley Capes 2009
bukowski and a wide range of landlords
some struggles are truly epic
like bukowski
and a wide range of landlords
or the hopeless
but well-meaning sign, painted
officious red
no alcohol in the cbd
and beneath it a smashed
VB bottle
coloured like a rotting
SA uniform
and my brother
snickering as we walk by
tastes like piss
- Ashley Capes 2009
Ashley teaches Media and English in Australia, while co-editing www.holland1945.net.au , http://kipplepoetry.blogspot.com/ and administering interactive Renku site http://issassnail.wordpress.com/ His first collection of poetry pollen and the storm was published with the assistance of Small Change Press in 2008 and his second, Stepping over Seasons, will be published by Interactive Press in 2009.
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