joanne burns
joanne burns writes poetry, prose poems, short fictions and monologues. She has been active in the Australian Poetry scene since the early 1970s. Her most recent poetry collection is apparently, Giramondo 2019. She is currently assembling a new collection rummage.
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the aperitivo antipasto
hour slidels into view
there’s something in the air
verando aperolicks
proseccutions muebles wickeramas —
organic or synthet why not just
click/collect
raj meets gatsby in the lumen
of a hubble bubble no unnecessary
toil or trouble a wicca wonka
spelling bee pollinates in the furnished
suburbs of the blest
flock
her white as rice gown
just fitted not the best
choice for an elongated
heatwave her white as rice
hem grazing her diffident toes
where was her hair brush the audience
was waiting somewhere out there stranded
commuters in a summer delirium larks hidden
in the crimson braid that ran down the sides of
her costume like vascular complacency were
refusing to sing she couldn’t locate the lyrics
to any of her songs, just petite hums where was
janis when you needed her or florence her long dead
godmother who looked nothing like a fairy that sprawl
of teryiaki tofu squares on the floor of the train should
have been a warning in that lingering afternoon & all those
enigmatic tattoos on the arms and shoulders of the texting
harpy opposite no point wearing those snazzy new shades
if you can’t read the tracks