Poem
Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng
For St Kilda Road
For St Kilda Road
For St Kilda Road
A city cut out of papercountry of dysfunctional seagulls
eyes, all eyes, from the housing,
bruised, soft husks
or dire hopeless bells, September
of plane trees
camouflaged & season-drunken,
well and truly
nonentities
beside Mephisto, M in his
tram-attendant’s oversized green coat
against a tableau of a Chinese Garden
O stockinged dancers
secretly carrying hearts around
move like ancient figures
on a turning lantern
No, like after
a big flood
© 2008, Nguyễn Tiên Hoàng (Thường Quán)
From: Saturday Review (The Age)
Publisher: The Age, Melbourne
From: Saturday Review (The Age)
Publisher: The Age, Melbourne
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For St Kilda Road
A city cut out of papercountry of dysfunctional seagulls
eyes, all eyes, from the housing,
bruised, soft husks
or dire hopeless bells, September
of plane trees
camouflaged & season-drunken,
well and truly
nonentities
beside Mephisto, M in his
tram-attendant’s oversized green coat
against a tableau of a Chinese Garden
O stockinged dancers
secretly carrying hearts around
move like ancient figures
on a turning lantern
No, like after
a big flood
From: Saturday Review (The Age)
For St Kilda Road
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