Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect.

The final contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project comes from poet and many-pronged writer Sally Browne, with a piece that has crossed the oceans. Sally says of her response to the project: I loved the idea of Pascalle Burton’s Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. when I first heard about it. As I knew I would be overseas at the time … Continue reading →

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from poet Chris Lynch with his piece Circumlocution. Chris says this of the connection between the project and the poem: The whole poem came to me in that space between sleep and waking, and perhaps because of that reminds me of a half-remembered dream, an echo, sehnsucht. Chris is author … Continue reading →

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from poet Trudie Murrell with her piece Father Son Cycle. Trudie says of the connection between the piece and the project: I wrote this poem when reflecting on my son’s first year and complex shifts that occurred between my husband, my son and myself. Now as he nears … Continue reading →

This next contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from performance poet Andrew Galan with his poem c.1932. Andrew says of the connection between the poem and the project: As I travelled through the United States, United Kingdom and Spain from early-April to late-July this year I knew I would be returning home and possibly never visiting … Continue reading →

The next contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from poet and performer Eleanor Jackson with her piece, Circle Work. Eleanor says of the connection between the project and the piece: Originally, I started to lay out this poem in a circular design, hoping that the effect of reading it would mimic somewhat the experience of … Continue reading →

These contributions to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project are by multi-disciplinary artist Sandra Selig with her piece for Nathan Shepherdson’s ‘corner’ (a response to Nathan’s contribution to the project) and the audiovisual piece home astronomy. Sandra performs in Primitive Motion with Leighton Craig and you can find more of her art at the Milani Gallery site and images of her … Continue reading →

These contributions to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project are from writer and researcher Alinta Krauth with her pieces, mebelowu, nevera round anymore, and playg round. The pieces are part of a collection related to the Brisbane/Gold Coast area. Alinta says of the collection: This South-East Queensland collection attempts to capture the overlay of private moments with culturally … Continue reading →

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from live performance drawing and installation artist Kellie O’Dempsey with her piece Saturday’s paper says. Kellie is currently running a pozible campaign to curate the group exhibition Drawn to Experience and you can find more of her work at her website. Saturday’s paper says by Kellie O’Dempsey

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from multidisciplinary artist Heinz Riegler with his piece In the Absence of Words. Heinz currently has an exhibition score for a mineral landscape at the Caboolture Regional Art Gallery (runs until 10th August) and you can find more of his work at his website and blog. In the … Continue reading →

This audiovisual contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from multidisciplinary artist Leighton Craig. Leighton also performs in Primitive Motion with Sandra Selig and you can find more of his work at his blog.

These contributions to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project are from poet Eddy Burger, with Deeper, Through the eyes of a fly and I dug a deep hole – a multidirectional poem. A version of the piece Through the eyes of a fly appears in Eddy’s chapbook Impressions of me (Small Change Press) and I dug a deep hole … Continue reading →

This untitled contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from poet Jonathan Hadwen. This is what he says about the connection between the project and the piece: i actually thought of this poem after hearing the sound of a hammer, and then its echo, seemingly coming from somewhere else, like the sound itself was doing laps … Continue reading →

The next contributor to Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is poet Nathan Shepherdson with his piece corner. When asked to comment on the connection between the project and the poem, Nathan stated: “the comment should be less words than the poem.” Nathan will be launching his latest collection the day the artists stood still (vol.1) (Another Lost Shark Publications) at the Queensland … Continue reading →

The next contributor to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is Russ Talbot with his pieces laying in bed, preparing to face the day, Wheels within wheels and Circles under my eyes. The latter two are from a collection called Ten haiku on the theme ‘Circle’, and Russ says: I started with the theme “circle”, and braindumped ideas (different types of circles) … Continue reading →

The next contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from poet Patricia Reid with her piece catalogue of uncertainties. Patricia says: this catalogue of ties is drawn from Brooks Bros the outfitters of country club and corporate America. these ties circle the neck of those bound up in certainties of power class gender race immortality. as … Continue reading →

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from multidisciplinary artist Mel Dixon with her piece overalls. Mel says of the connection between the project and the piece: Written for the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project, the inspiration of circularity lead me to think of times when you are uncomfortable in new surroundings, observing the world with a sense … Continue reading →

These next contributions to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project are from writer Mitchell Welch. The pieces are called Greetings, Invention of the compass and Atomic model. Mitchell is currently working on a novel and completing a Master of Arts with a focus on the relationship between words and images. You can follow him on twitter. Mitchell says about the … Continue reading →

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is a piece called snake  by poet Ynes Sanz. Ynes says this of the piece: This was written for the project. The snake eating its own tail seemed the obvious image. The fundamental orifice reference is also pleasingly circular, but that was really just an excuse! to give expression to my lifelong … Continue reading →

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from poet Jennifer Liston with her poem yesterday’s images. Jennifer says this of the piece: This poem was inspired by an image taken by photographer Robert Rath . The long-exposure image features ‘ghosts’ of people walking by a market stall in the Rocks area of Sydney. The stall … Continue reading →

These next contributions to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project are from poet Max Ryan. The first piece is a selection from his poem Jim, which Max says are the ‘last lines of a poem about a friend of mine who died at twenty-one… it ended up somewhat autobiographical, spiralling to this avowal of life itself.’ The second is … Continue reading →

This is a contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project from Julie Lynch with her poem Buy Me the Moon or a White Pearl Balloon. This is what Julie had to say about the connection between the project and the piece: After the death of a beloved aunt, I was thinking about Life’s opposites and how, to … Continue reading →

The next contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is an untitled piece by poet Andrew Phillips. You can see more of Andrew’s work at his blog. untitled by Andrew Phillips ©

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from Mark William Jackson with his piece teardrop, which first appeared in volume 1 of REM Magazine. Mark says this of the connection between the poem and the project: The obvious theme of my poem is the circularity of life – weakness to strength, slow to fast to slow, … Continue reading →

This is performer, poet and producer Tessa Leon’s contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project, a piece called II Stationary bicycle II.  Tessa says of the connection between the poem and the project: The concept of the daily grind fascinates me.  I’m constantly cautious of routine and afraid of falling into the season-less cycle of nine-to-fivers.  Spin Class … Continue reading →

The next contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is poet Tiggy Johnson with her poem Answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. Tiggy says of the piece: Since almost losing my father when he was forty-two I’ve had a kind of anxiety about approaching this age myself and voila, here it comes. … Continue reading →

These contributions to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project are from John Wainwright with three pieces called Moon Goddesses, Square the Circle and linked ku – Spring.  John had this to say about the connection between Moon Goddesses and the project: Moon Goddesses is one of a set called “Poems I Found on the Moon”. It is a list of names … Continue reading →

This contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from photographer and poet, Cindy Keong with her piece called Dad Turns 80. You can see more of Cindy’s work at her blog and she will be featuring at Queensland Poetry Festival in the In Rapt Calm session with Stuart Cooke and Paul Vermeersch on Saturday 24th August.

Our next contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect project is from poet Graham Nunn. The poem is called Eleanor naked and this is what Graham has to say about it: Eleanor naked, was written in Eleanor Dark’s studio (or as I like to say, in the Dark Studio) during a week at Varuna. It is part of a longer, fractured narrative … Continue reading →

Here is poet Matt Hetherington‘s contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project. His poem is called Poem to be Lived Backwards, and first appeared in the Out of Order E-Zine. This is what Matt had to say about connecting the poem with the project: I wanted to write a poem that you could read both forward and backwards, … Continue reading →

Our second interactive contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from poet Nathan Curnow with his poem Dreamfish. This poem appears in Nathan’s first collection No Other Life But This (Five Islands Press). Nathan describes his connection between the poem and the project: I  like to think of Dreamfish as a surreal little trip, a poem … Continue reading →

Our very first interaction with the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project is from Brisbane multidisciplinary artist Anna Jacobson with her circular piece The Song Pearls. You can find more of Anna’s work at http://annajacobson.com.au/.

anticipation and reception align and the desire side of the curve slips and so it gushes forth without end  ~ from ‘Perpetual’ by Jacqueline Turner Canadian poet Jacqueline Turner was the inaugural Poet-in-Residence and makes a welcome return with the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project. She is appearing at the Queensland Poetry Festival this year and talks about … Continue reading →

The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin.  ~ Jeffrey Eugenides The idea for the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project emerged after I learnt about the 19th Century hobby of Letterboxing. What a magnificent concept; after traipsing over hill and … Continue reading →

There is no end, now, to what we run away from or to. ~ from ‘Driving’ by Shane Rhodes This year’s Poet-in-Residence is Canadian poet Shane Rhodes who will be involved in many events during the festival. Here he talks history, counter discourse and about the stamp he designed for Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. Your work has been described … Continue reading →

All night the mind had dreamed itself clean. ~ from ‘Outer banks, N.C.’ by Jacob Polley Joining our letterboxing journey is UK poet Jacob Polley. Jacob was the Poet-in-Residence for 2011 and recently released his T. S. Eliot Prize nominated collection The Havocs. Here he talks rivers, collaboration, the sound of water and his contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. … Continue reading →

I wanna hear a little revolution ~ from ‘Revolution’ by Emily XYZ New York poet Emily XYZ  has been a treasured part of the Queensland Poetry Festival in some form since 2006 and was the Poet-in Residence in 2010. Here she incorporates conceptual art, music composition and place in her contribution to the Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. project. When … Continue reading →

Laid in narrow tissues or in in soft theta curving of the innocence of narrow issues; in curves of nonsense lie in no sense in soft curving rows of tissue curves of of innocence narrow soft curves of innocence from O: egg – insomnia by a. rawlings It seems only yesterday that angela rawlings was Poet-in-Residence … Continue reading →