A Poetry Archive Volume 6: Lizards, Way Poems and Gariwerd

. . . wheel my shadow home at the end of the night

it is climbing walls without me . . .

In Volume 6, of A Poetry Archive, Frank Prem continues his direct communication with the reader, telling his stories directly to you.

. . . one hundred faces etched

in stone

the Maui of these mountains

gaze at me . . .

A Poetry Archive revisits Prem's early days as a poet. Volume 6 includes work written between 2014 and 2016, and further develops his distinctive poetic voice, including a fascination with Blue-tongued skinks and other backyard lizards, contemplations of The Way, and the stunning impact of a visit to Gariwerd.

. . . when he dons the mask

he is The Lizard

scincidaen snout

raised to the air

a walk

that is both sway

and saunter . . .

Wild Arancini Press is delighted to bring you this wonderful journal of a poet's development.

Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet for more than forty years, and spent his professional working life as a psychiatric nurse in various parts of the public psychiatry system in Victoria (Australia). His poetry has been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies, in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as 'spoken word', and he has published in excess of thirty poetry collections and books.Frank is an Adjunct Research Associate of the School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia.He and his wife live in the beautiful township of Beechworth in the North East of Victoria.His web page is located at: www.frankprem.com.