sand shifts beneath our feet we watch folds
Credit note: “Folds” was published in The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry, which I co-edited with P. S. Cottier (IP, 2014), and is reproduced by permission of the poet. The Stars Like Sand is available from the publisher and from amazon.com.au. If you’re ordering through a bookshop that doesn’t stock it, let them know the ISBN: 978-1-922120-78-6
Check out this excellent review of The Stars Like Sand in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Tim says: This is another of the fine poems we selected for The Stars Like Sand, and that would be quite enough reason to post it here, but there’s another one: partly inspired by her inclusion in The Stars Like Sand and the quality of the anthology, Jo Mills decided to set up an international speculative poetry competition with very generous prizes. It’s open for submissions now, and closes on 1 May. Check out the guidelines here:
https://interstellaraward.wordpress.com/interstellar-award-for-speculative-poetry/
About Jo Mills: Jo Mills is a speculative poet, short story writer and fantasy author (under the pen-name Joanna Fay). She recently founded Interstellar to host two annual awards for speculative poetry and fiction respectively, and to publish themed speculative fiction and poetry anthologies from 2016.
Jo lives in the Perth Hills, Western Australia, with her teenage son, two dwarf rabbits and a quail who thinks she’s an eagle. She keeps an eye on the sky for starships and patiently awaits the arrival of her galactic family. Jo’s author website can be found at http://joannafay.me/
The Hub Tuesday Poem: is Nest by Linda France, chosen by Helen McKinlay.
An interesting poem…lots to speculate on within. Congratulations to you and Penelope on the great review!
Thanks, Tim, much appreciated. 🙂
Thanks, Helen, and Joanna – very happy to have the opportunity!
I really like this Tim – particularly the way the structure and the words work together. Thanks!
Thanks, Kathleen!