1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which will appear in Writing To The Edge? My poem “moth words” is a series of thoughts, maxims, images and philosophical whims. I try to write in a style that is open to a number of interpretations. I very much like writing to suggest as much as … Read More
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Writing to the Edge with Kathleen Bleakley
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which will appear in Writing To The Edge? Purple Basil Red Feather stitches together poems that I’ve written in the three years since my sister Kerstie died. My partner ‘pling & I both lost younger sisters within a quarter of a year. The experiences of grief, … Read More
Stoned Crow: Barrie Walsh
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? Inspiration for Howbeit I Howszat came from Melbourne’s Spring Racing Carnival 2013 at the time of writing to Stoned Crows. 2.Tell us about your process. Take us through an example if you want. My thought process … Read More
Stoned Crow: Paul Mitchell
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? ‘The Veteran’ came out of a number of dream sequences I’d written that formed part of a novel. Now in about its sixth draft. I no longer needed them in the novel, but I always liked … Read More
Stoned Crow: Anna Kerdijk Nicholson
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons?There were a number of inspirations for these prose poems. ‘At Sculpture by the Sea’ is probably self-explanatory. It was a damaging experience in many ways. ‘The Mind Travels’ was my awareness that the mind goes as … Read More
Stoned Crow: Mark O’Flynn
1. What inspired you to write the prose poem/microfiction which is published in Stoned Crows & other Australian icons? I had collected a bunch of short aphorisms over several years that appealed to me. These took the form of pearls of wisdom from a range of different sources, including philosophy, haiku, other poets and many … Read More
Open letter
Dear SPINELESS WONDERS, I facilitate a group of young, emerging writers and have been encouraging them to enter your Icons competition. Could you tell us a little more about it? Yours, Frustr8d Teacher Dear FT, Thank you for your inquiry and for the chance to explain a little more about our latest competition. An icon … Read More
Small Wonder review
We are reproducing, in full, this terrific review by Ali Jane Smith of our first prose poetry/microfiction anthology, Small Wonder. You can find other reviews, great fiction and poetry in the final issue of Famous Reporter here. Copies of Small Wonder can be purchased from our Products Page or ask for it at your local … Read More
Indigo Book of Australian Prose Poems
Our small wonder prose poem/micro fiction competition kicked off on October 16 and so we thought it timely to reflect on the fine tradition of prose poetry in Australia. This week on The Column, Ali Jane Smith reviews The Indigo Book of Australian Prose Poems, Edited by Michael Byrne (Ginninderra Press, 2011). Opening an anthology … Read More
small wonder prose poems & micro fiction
small wonder an anthology of prose poems and micro fiction Is it a prose poem? Or poetic prose? Perhaps it’s postcard fiction or sudden prose. A vignette or a monologue. SPINELESSWONDERS invites you to break some rules. Try a little genre-bending. Let the line break take a stroll through the streets and fields of prose … Read More