hutt 0.4
  hutt - halong bay, vietnam
 
 
Joanne Burns is a Sydney poet. Her latest book, footnotes of a hammock, is soon to be published by Five Islands Press.

 

 
   
joanne burns - island holiday

is that a good idea
or a jelly bean these
thoughts come with
complimentary sets of
pretensions would
you like the question
or the exclamation pack
you might graze your
nose if the question's
too profound the rhetoric
of the soul has met its
ellipsis she's always
in transit glimpse her
there slipping through
the departure lounge can
you hear a mosquito
grab it if you can it could
be proof of something so
is your blood worth bottling: