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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE
woken, spurred by Paul A. Skec

[Above] Photo of Paul A. Skec by photographer unknown, 2002.

Paul Skec


woken, spurred

hovering above the streets­are you?
wandering lost lanes­ransacked­rainwashed
neoned out ov recognition
the signs­are all in languages alien
filters­blind you to the lustrous lost ones
out on the streets­walking when there were none

­ shields up & weapons hot­
what we do­where we live­this is poetri
slipping thru crax & burrowing past defensive barricades
applied to an odd world­
a lifetime ov other people's filters
never fits into the­boxes we construct
& karve out ov time's waves
it's the woundment­movement/moment
pressure fills gaps­

­ striding out ov dark places­eyes bent to all points
where b4 there were only black holes
drawing multiple event horizons
into the timespace ov a moment
singularity filling our gaps
pressure­ov movement
gravity­ov nullspace & its crowd ov missing objects
pens pomes piercing looks peace panik pools ov tables tables ov
pools
profound pauses­phantasies­
pacing out ov the past­all b4 is in shadow

­ among islands ov earnest enigma­you are rite to be concerned
where letters are eyes staring from pages
­ bringing to being
that which should remain­brainbound
swamped by smoke & mirrors
phaseshifted lites & attitudes worn
lyke vestments ov territorial vacuousity

­ ƒƒƒƒ
  nothing travels in a straight line

are we the brain
are we the one
this universe our frame
much more than these­crude marx on a page
are we the people
no more than rock mined
no more than waters diverted
no more than the stolen child/job/life
we are future­exploit us  if u dare
inexorable­this sutra serpentine
  no more than a point ov reference
a crossroads­available to none who will not try­
recognise reconcile relinquish
for are we dust
are we­what to do?
no more economies­flags no more

About the Poet Paul A. Skec

A very strange individual­ born in footscray, grew up in swamps ov west sunshine, quite near explosives factory, speedway & drive-in theatre­ has lived in various parts ov melbourne­ winner ov the 1993 R.L. Rankin Prize for Poetry­ things he wrote covering many genres have appeared in many places & formats­live, aurally and on the page: published in sane, hurricane, poetry on paper etc; performed/read on community radio stations, 3RRR-FM, Southern FM, 3CR; featured readings at various venues including Lame Duck Readings at the No Exit Café (1994), Perseverance Poets (1990-1994), Clifton Hill Hotel, La Mama Poetica, Karnival (Fringe Opening 1994/5 memory¹s a bit hazy on that one), Mega Scribes (Fringe Festival Event), Victorian Writer¹s Centre (1996), Smith Street Bar & Bistro (2002), Unleashed @ The Brandon Hotel (2002) and Poetry Overboard @ Good Morning Captain 15 August 2002­ he is accumulating a reference library he hopes to be able to install into his brain­ a member of the Victorian Writers Centre, Melbourne Poets Union inc., Poetry Australia Foundation and sometime member of Society of Editors (Vic), NIMBA (a northern suburbs twin club) and X-Files Fan Club of Australia, (well, one ov the early unofficial ones); he is currently editor ov the melbourne poets union inc. newsletter poam & its electronic avatar, epoam and has had many teachers over many years comment on his overfondness for parentheses.
   [Above] Photo of Paul A. Skec by photographer unknown, 2002.

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