October 2021

  • on the path

    Walking / shall we render dào as walk? // Working / shall we render dào as work? // An ibis proceeding / at an angle to the wind … Read more

  • The Physicist does not tell me not to study. The Sage does not furnish his text with citations. The Sage does not postulate gravity and light. The Physicist is silent on yin, yang and qi. The Physicist does not claim that Name is the Mother. The Sage does not construct a non-commutative algebra. The Sage Read more

  • There are five fundamental forces,      said my son. Gravitational, Electromagnetic, the Strong, the Weak, and Hunger. Hunger is the fundamental force from which all the others are derived,      I said. And there are accordingly five fundamental particles. The one associated with Hunger is called First published in The Authorised Theft Papers, the Australasian Association of Read more

  • How to appear simultaneously in Melbourne, London and Perth. How to check the news, briefly, once a day. How to buy two weeks’ food at once. How to use less toilet paper. How to wash my hands. How to sprout beans. How to bake bread. How to be alone. How to relax. These are the Read more

  • “[Jackson’s] wager is that poetry, as mediator of spirituality and science, could provide deeper understanding about existing in a world of ecological and postcolonial turmoil. It seems to have paid off in this striking volume of work.” Read more