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Beside the Laughing Kitchen
I’ve been past the unbelievable planet:
Slabs of nostalgia, the soft skin of memory
Disruptive days, now swiftly approaching
For a stolen second I was myself again
I’ve been squeezing out the careful old songs
Eyes up looking, lights down dancing
Irregular obsession, beside the laughing kitchen
Tell me again, in empty eyelid sleep
Just how you got here: overgrown and delicate
Anxiously correct in curtained ballrooms
‘Beside the Laughing Kitchen’ is the poem I contributed to Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand, which was edited by Mark Pirie and Tim Jones and published by Australian Publisher ‘Interactive Press’.
I am posting a science fiction poem because this weekend, it’s ‘Au Contraire’ – the 2010 New Zealand Science Fiction Convention, and on Sunday at 3pm, I will be joining Tim Jones and Harvey Molloy there for a panel discussion on science fiction poetry. The Convention takes place at the Quality Hotel in Wellington over 27-29 August 2010 and costs $60 for the full three days or $40 for a single day ($30 & $20 if you’re unwaged). You can read the programme (which includes a number of writing workshops) here http://www.aucontraire.org.nz/events.php.
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