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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE
parts of speech/notes towards a nuclear grammar by Joanne Burns

[Above] Photo of Joanne Burns by Loma Bridge, 2002.

Joanne Burns


parts of speech/notes towards a nuclear grammar

war is a noun and so is peace. uranium is a noun like armchair. plutonium and perspiration
are both nouns and each has four syllables. bliss and terror are also nouns.

         develop is a verb and so is hurry, and race, which is also a noun, like arms. another verb is
         explode.

            beautiful and ingenious are both adjectives. they add information to nouns, e.g. beautiful
            perspiration, ingenious uranium.

               slowly, quickly, immediately, courageously are adverbs and make verbs more interesting,
               e.g. they exploded courageously

                  they is a pronoun and takes the place of a noun. like you, we, he, she, us, them.
                  anyone you know could be a pronoun.

and is a conjunction and as such joins everything together in one big long chain of a sentence. but
in some situations it is advisable to replace the ands with a series of full stops

Published in blowing bubbles in the 7th lane (FAB Press, 1988).

About the Poet Joanne Burns

Joanne Burns is a Sydney poet. She also writes short fiction, including monologues and future fictions. She is completing a new poetry collection all of me. A sample of her work, 'people like that', from a number of her books, was published by Picaro Press in the Wagtail series (No:1) in 2001. The title poem (a poem in 17 parts) from the out of print collection penelope's knees is to be published by Picaro Press later in 2002. Her work has been widely published in magazines, journals and anthologies. Her writing has been produced for theatre and radio. The title piece from 'blowing bubbles in the 7th lane' has been produced as a radio drama by ABC Radio National, and a number of her monologues have also been produced by ABC Radio, most recently two monologues of obsession 'bare feet' and ergo sum', under the production title of 'missionary positions'.
   [Above] Photo of Joanne Burns by Loma Bridge, 2002.

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