18Jul 2022 Stefanie Bennett

DOWSING

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One blade of grass will weather All seasons, Trawl a spider’s thread Through the chimera wound As D-day approaches. Listen. Do you hear the crib Shrieking empty In the holster... Read More
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And we say, “You don’t have the sense of a blade of grass!” for a reason. – mh clay

15Jan 2022 Stefanie Bennett

PENDULUM

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... Like a Mapuche National I dream of sunken ships, Shadows that walk The Milky Way, And the empty nests Of telegraph poles. The grass grows ‘Second sight’ High While... Read More
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Dream your best and light your landing pad well. – mh clay

24Jul 2021 Stefanie Bennett

THE SOFT DOMESTIC ECONOMY

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Via the vending maelstrom I get a blighted Portfolio poultice, An art deco Electric toothbrush, Three cut-out Culinary Square meals and A jump-to-it Confederacy Of confidence Madrigal Where nothing is... Read More
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The eyes have it. (Just can’t find a cure for it.) – mh clay

21Nov 2020 Stefanie Bennett

THE FORCE

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Don Juan, in this quaternary age Wears a tattered Akubra And sings The purple spoils of poetry. Out there, where hawks cross-cut Picture postcards And the still chattering Chimney stones... Read More
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Add the natty hat and anything’s possible. – mh clay

7Jul 2020 Stefanie Bennett

LEVERTOV’S LADDER

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... Leaving, she saw them eat Her words and The left-over gravy In that comprised tumbled- Down shack where The hawk-weed grows But doesn’t erase The colour Of absence –... Read More
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Leave your reveries (and your recipes) behind. Ascend! – mh clay

17Nov 2019 Stefanie Bennett

YOU CAN’T SEE THE SKY FOR CONCRETE

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... At times like these, I wish The great slab Of blue and Horses’ manes In the wind to Descend Their science To landscape And sculpture out A space for... Read More
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Our mental Mayans with nowhere to hide. Levis ain’t living space. – mh clay

2Jun 2019 Stefanie Bennett

DEAR READER

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In pursuit of the common touch They wanted to know If I’d stake My life on it. Vive la difference! What I’m most curious of – is, Would they then... Read More
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To say makes true, but to swear makes news. – mh clay

24Dec 2018 Stefanie Bennett

FORECAST 25th DECEMBER 2018

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There are specks of blood On the freeway. A dog’s met death. Met it head-on. We allow some sort of pity. There are specks of blood Of a different kind,... Read More
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All I want for Christmas are (2) white handkerchiefs; (1) to stop the flow, and (2) to call for parley. – mh clay

13Oct 2018 Stefanie Bennett

SOUL SISTER

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I take it, the crust Of the moment, One word At a time... Move it Cross country Past the livery Stable, the train’s Box-cars, all ‘A hoot’ On the half... Read More
15Jul 2018 Stefanie Bennett

DESIGN

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When he whispers incantations Across the ceremonial pit In late winter The last snow-drift orbits The tree tops Like smoke On a morning stroll Headed towards Infinity’s skylight. Praise abounds.... Read More
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Add double the bubble to your toil, no trouble. Magic as money to spend on you. – mh clay