gingatao
Blog URL http://gingatao.com
Located Brisbane, Queensland Australia
The adventures of a mad middle aged poet from Brisbane, Australia. Paul Squires is the author of the notorious book, "The Puzzle Box".
Latest Blog Posts
- guillotine on Nov 22, 2009 in poetry writing
It is indeed an honour to be included in such esteemed company, this small sorority of song. Comfortably gathered here beneath decks surrounded by those few things we have treasured. Who interplolates, let us drink to the end of distinctions… b...
- Happy Birthday, Squires on Nov 19, 2009 in writing
You are a nut case and I am proud of you, Andrew. Thanks Andrew. Here’s to all of them. Every single fallen one. Some barely caught the eye and then were done. Youth all ways always suffers first. Oh I wrote a poem, about the importance of ackn...
- Taking stock. on Nov 17, 2009 in memoirs poetry portraits sheer selfindulgence writing stocks writing for fun
just because you believe time is not linear does not mean I didn’t used to write this piece as a slightly drunken father on a starry night round a fire, a blur of his tattoo, an English flag long forgot on his forearm round his son saying, ther...
- Pam Brown agrees with a drunk bastard. on Nov 15, 2009 in blogging contemporary poetry memoirs writing Pam Brown the internet as metatext
(for now) opinions and attitudes should be flexible. Thought is an ongoing process hopefully. But I wrote this comment quickly one Friday afternoon while thinking, I respect Pam’s many achievements and her honesty. This is one of the first time...
- The Local Drunk on Nov 13, 2009 in poetry writing karaoke
who acts like he owns the place cos he does wakes up each morning to his magic martini these days more fictional breathing sea air and minimising exaggeration and pianola plunking why not revolution like a memoire revolution why not in a clockwork wa...
- in the absence of war on Nov 11, 2009 in blogging writing fundamentalism writing for fun
and idling with neither provocation nor criticism, two things will result. An attempt to escape into fantasy or the creation of some utopia in which everyone can say whatever they want and everybody can listen to whoever they want. It is however a da...
- correct attribution on Nov 9, 2009 in australian poetry poetry writing Michael
watching things that spin of its own volition fans the wheels on overturned bikes (flying over) toy trucks. Kids don’t play with toys they explore worlds light switches on and off (linear causality and control). find the house lit up like a Christm...
