after Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘Giant Snail’ (for PS Cottier) A peaceful life is arduous to attain; desire’s not enough, nor positive aim — one side’s withdrawal is always the other’s gain. What germ inside us inclines towards hate? It seems to me there must be something rank and spindly tangled in the hub of our hearts … Continue reading
I first came across this recipe at a Nepalese restaurant, and I really liked the combination of crispy green beans with the richness of coconut. Subtle Indian spices were also a perfect addition. I loved it so much, I decided to attempt something similar at home. It was a spur of the moment decision to recreate … Continue reading
Beth Spencer’s awards include The Age Short Story Award, runner up for the Steele Rudd Award (for How to Conceive of a Girl), the inaugural Dinny O’Hearn Fellowship, and assistance from the Literature Board of the Australia Council. Vagabondage, a verse memoir about the year she lived in a campervan (UWAPublishing, 2014) was her first … Continue reading
I love traditional Lebanese dishes, but every now and then I like to play with the flavours and add a modern twist. In this one I added a light Indian spicy variation to it. Hope you like it Serves 6 Ingredients: 1 kilo green beans 1 large onion 3 cloves garlic 1/2 tsp chilli powder … Continue reading
This is a dish which I created during the holidays from leftover quinoa, the idea came to me from Iraqi red rice dishes. The flavours worked so well and my daughter loved it so much I decided to write the recipe down and share it. Quinoa is gaining a lot more popularity, and when I … Continue reading
i. my darling, this night and your mouth soft ochre under the tallow that wakes us – where we taste salted-wine, sea-grass, and I pull the sea’s black reach from under your skin – sea witch, your squall of dark pearls undone, your hair a black furlong. And I give you sea-flowers, relics – a … Continue reading
This mousse or thick smoothie is so simple, and I usually hesitate to post such simple recipes, but when I posted it on my Facebook Page and asked who wants the recipe!! I had a good response. So here it is, enjoy it, it is super tasty, super easy, and super healthy too. I’ve added … Continue reading
My former self crouched composed by every element coming in through the broken screen blizzard froze my hair heaven electric pink through the two-in-the-morning window. Now I think loneliness is like lightning. It is attracted to its previous victims. Luckily solitude keeps me company. © Anne Walsh Continue reading
I made this delicious pudding a couple of weeks ago, and kids loved it so much, I decided to make it again and share the recipe. Perfect colours for the festive season, and this bowl will be tonight’s dessert. A much healthier and lighter alternative to a creamy traditional pudding. Serves 6 preparation time 45 … Continue reading
The day tries to be as beautiful as you How she mimics your eyes in the dawn How she dresses the wind in your soft T shirt How she laughs sideways at me when I don’t hear what she says How she paints her doves with the same colour wingtips How she escapes me © … Continue reading
These are really tasty, and what I love about them is that they are crunchy, chocolaty, gluten, dairy and refined sugar free. I made them this last week twice and both batches have disappeared. You can replace the millet puffs with rice puffs if you like. Hope you get to enjoy making them. Makes … Continue reading
These are so delicious, I made them this afternoon and decided to share the recipe straight away, so you get to make them and have them ready as Christmas treats. Made with only natural organic ingredients, these are so easy to make. They are completely vegan, refined sugar, dairy and gluten free. I have … Continue reading
I die every second in everyday places you catch the light in my throat and lemon it so I can’t speak easy Make it moon light on the river of my chest Make it sing long as morning on the slow spines of trees green as Sunday school for lovers oh! I die many … Continue reading
Visible in the wild wreck I am is the empire I was My ruin is the most beautiful architecture Wreckage has made me dervish, an astonishing ravaged split log angel In the brown of my eyes pulled up, the Spanish doubloons of the autumn squash yellow of debris, the shock of stained glass intact after … Continue reading
Anne Walsh is a poet and a story writer whose work falls somewhere on the border of those two countries. Sometimes she’s a dual citizen and sometimes she has no country at all. Most of the time she is illegal everywhere; a local nowhere. Hers, the homeless criminality of only the deepest love. She was … Continue reading
For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle Psalm 18 1 A hackled old mind crawls in its darkness, a story-telling crab cracking the shells of night-hours tries to stretch itself out of its thoughts like a person praying for sufficiency-in-God’s-eyes, so teasingly almost possible. All worlds must end, begin, end, the rap … Continue reading
In a dream there is a veil of water between us, your face green with algae: my mirror image, separate, waterlogged in a world you trail within you. The Aztec water goddess is you, who grew the hearts that were thrown to her into a prickly pear tree, each fruit unpickable, embroiled with the spines … Continue reading
Dark days are here. Nothing can stop them, they crowd like hair around the temples, everyone knows and now we can say, at last, it is dark. On Manus, they are walking along fine edges of themselves, under a borrowed moon, a borrowed sun. Nobody follows them, they would lead only to an end of … Continue reading
This is just so delicious and easy to make. Enjoy it as a refreshing dessert on a hot summer’s day or as a tasty breakfast. It’s sugar, dairy and gluten free, which also qualifies it to be guilt-free. What’s most important though is that it is ridiculously delicious. I wasn’t planning to post a recipe, … Continue reading
This week I came across Cre Asion, my new discovery, a tucked-away cafe where everything is freshly baked daily on the premises. In the kitchen a baker was hand beating a new batch of what looked like a meringue. The smell of freshly baked goodies, only a metre away and seeing the kitchen wide open, … Continue reading
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