New Post: George Douglas Anderson FANTAIL (Ariel Chart International)

Fantail Posted: 15 Mar 2022 03:00 AM PDT   Fantail   The fantail perches      on the thin  wire           of the      fence chirping          angling                 north north-east his long brown & white tail spinning                  twitching like a baton. And then-        he lifts off flitting in the cold morning air   looping            & hovering    & chasing              & briefly touching a mate                 in mid-air                      within my arm’s length.    Skitting off- he returns            instantly    to sit                     on the cow  paddock wire                      before me- only  to fling himself      outwards         in a wild loop skimming the                      ground.   And as I watch the fantail I think about how free he is  & how detached                    I have become.       George Anderson George Anderson has taught in New South Wales, Australia for over 30 years and is editor of Bold Monkey Review, a blog devoted to promoting the work of alternative small press writers. He occasionally adds to the pile- his latest chapbooks include, The Factory of Eccentric Poetics (Holy & Intoxicated Publications, 2021) and The Beast With Three Legs (Between Shadows Press, 2022).