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    Homeland
    Homeland
    Homeland
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    Homeland

    By Mark Willing

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    The latest collection by Mark Willing, a writer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. He has had two poetry books and one chapbook published by Ginninderra Press. He is currently working on a verse novel.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGinninderra Press
    Release dateOct 8, 2018
    ISBN9781760416300
    Homeland
    Author

    Mark Willing

    Mark Willing lives in Melbourne and has had his work published in various magazines and journals. He has written a previous book, published by Ginninderra Press, entitled Spirit Level.

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      Book preview

      Homeland - Mark Willing

      Homeland

      Homeland

      Mark Willing

      Ginninderra Press

      Homeland

      ISBN 978 1 76041 630 0

      Copyright © text Mark Willing 2018

      Copyright © cover photo Ginninderra Press 2018

      All rights reserved. No part of this ebook may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Requests for permission should be sent to the publisher at the address below.

      First published 2018 by

      Ginninderra Press

      PO Box 3461 Port Adelaide 5015 Australia

      www.ginninderrapress.com.au

      Contents

      Homeland

      Homeland

      Ethereal City

      It wears its

      own skin well –

      reflections behind

      glass doors

      olfactory reminiscences

      through a labyrinth

      of alleyways

      oily surfaces

      coated with bitumen

      chrome-plated crypts –

      a prickly swab

      it spears the glove

      into the skin.

      Westgate

      Iron forearms

      a pall of sunlight

      cascading from the highest pylon

      where briefly it splits

      into spectral showers

      blinding the unsuspecting

      motorist or two

      sending shock waves

      out over the docklands

      a deep throb in the bay

      and a marginal ripple

      down Sorrento way.

      The sun balloons

      hot and ashen

      as it plummets

      behind the monument

      decaying in the salt air.

      Spotswood

      The clean gleam of carriages

      at Spotswood station

      reminds us of yesteryear.

      Yuppies yawn fashionably

      treading belatedly into an out-of-date timetable.

      Older folk twitch their limbs from the joints

      and hang onto steel for security

      but the dark sinister masses

      surge en masse

      spearing black glances

      taking up postures

      in muscular T-shirts

      and tight short skirts

      where the centre carriage gyrates

      as a Babylon or as a stranger.

      Ascot Vale

      Showgrounds on a soaking afternoon

      after school, taking the train out.

      What it’s all about and the

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