John Bennett
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Don’t Mention the War, March 2003
War is an artist, a writer a concatenation of stories – dramatic, pitiful, exciting, dedicated to death. So I listen…
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Poets Against the War (in Iraq)
Poets Against the War On March 5th, 2003 governments all around the world received a copy of the largest anthology…
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The end of the pastoral
The pastoral is still often taken as the central genre of nature poetry, I look towards an ecopoetics as a way…
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Tarot, astrology
35% of Australians believe in astrology . . . . Galilleo made a living casting horoscopes for students and patrons…
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What is the Poet’s Responsibility?
In this essai I suggest that poets have a triple-accountability – to the poem, their audience and a citizens to…
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Antarctica
Antarctica Project
Antarctica is a multi-dimensional poem which includes history, politics, the natural sciences and ecological themes.
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Blue Poles and Bird Nests
Blue Poles and Bird Nests In our search for comfort, luxuries have become necessities and we have become consumers. In…
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Pompeii, Naples
A Wall in Naples (1782-2010) I’ve viewed my favourites in The National many times – Van Eyck, Uccello, de Hooch,…
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Kookaburra music
Kookaburra music Kookaburras outside our bedroom Our alarm clock goes off well before the sun rises over the sea.…
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