Tony Beyer
Interchange
Brent Wong: Abandoned Works 1970-2008
1
into
the silence
of space
the level
crossing bell
train horn
sudden
rumble
of rails
2
deep space
silence
acrylic
on board
3
the centre
off-centre
glows
4
scapes
from the ground up
alluvial soils
of the Puketoka
Formation
stiff to very stiff
silty clays
and clayey silts
the sky is
infinitely porous
5
Joseph
Mallord
William
Turner
James
Abbott
McNeill
Whistler
painters
of the indefinite
6
or is that
mallard
(this maritime
climate)
7
you enter a place
four walls
a floor
and a ceiling
where the weather
is separate
Tony Beyer’s work is featured in Poetry New Zealand 45.
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Interchange
Brent Wong: Abandoned Works 1970-2008
1
into
the silence
of space
the level
crossing bell
train horn
sudden
rumble
of rails
2
deep space
silence
acrylic
on board
3
the centre
off-centre
glows
4
scapes
from the ground up
alluvial soils
of the Puketoka
Formation
stiff to very stiff
silty clays
and clayey silts
the sky is
infinitely porous
5
Joseph
Mallord
William
Turner
James
Abbott
McNeill
Whistler
painters
of the indefinite
6
or is that
mallard
(this maritime
climate)
7
you enter a place
four walls
a floor
and a ceiling
where the weather
is separate
Tony Beyer’s work is featured in Poetry New Zealand 45.
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