"True East" (poem) appearing in Cordite Poetry Review

My poem was selected by the guest editor for a no-theme issues of Cordite Poetry Review, Claire Gaskin.

"True East" is probably my longest published poem, divided into three sections.
It is dedicated to John Ashbery (though written before he passed away that year, 2017, when I was Utrecht for a conference. 

I has a lot of Ashberyesque one-liners and couplets, such as:

The zabuton is just a pillow to sit on,
nothingness just the Eucharist unplugged.



I saw the boy slinking first
and the board was on it.


May his face shine upon you
so of course they smile.

And:

Grab the bar at the back of the bike, not me.

Marriage lasts lifetimes of untimeliness
set up, more if you think it might pan out.

http://cordite.org.au/poetry/notheme8/true-east/