Andrew Lansdown: Two Poems
The Spatter Painter
1
After the Art
With teeth a little
gritty and lips roughly rouged
the spatter-painter
absentmindedly as he stares
picks ochre from his knuckle hairs.
2
After the Artist
Going his way with
the back of his hand reddened
the spatter-painter
has no conception his stencil
is the last wave of his people.
Andrew Lansdown
Sacred Sakura
1
Bindi
A Buddhist temple
it may be, but, courtesy
of the cherry trees,
that statue of an abbot
is wearing a Hindu dot!
Andrew Lansdown
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins