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From: Vol.03 N.02 – Decolonisation and Geopoethics

the sky is on fire

by Scott-Patrick Mitchell

submerged, perth canyon

burns. flocked, flame churns

 

, turn into vapour, escape via

water clouds between the tide

 

& field where flight paths fly

, hides sky in sunset death cry

 

. we see a river aspire to set

course higher, but a saltwater

 

default sees it caught up in

logistics, how physics transform

Published: July 2016
Scott-Patrick Mitchell

is a Western Australian performance poet. The poem here is from new form he is currently working called slowmo vispo where poetic works are written specifically in regards to photographs. Visit www.facebook.com/scottpatrickmitchellpoet for more information.

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