About this ebook
Join her for flirtations with strangers, intoxicating relationships and explorations to the edge of the void.
Gemma White writes poems that distil everyday moments in time, infusing them with meaning, sometimes adding a touch of the surreal or imaginary.
This is poetry of the imagination where madness grows, memory holds sway and the night is an octopus “awkwardly getting caught. Tentacles fastening onto telegraph poles…”
“Circling the channel between friend and lover
I say goodbye to one, wait in the rain for the other”
“In the morning you said:
‘I have a lion mask for you,’
fetching it out of the cupboard
placing it on the back of my head:
‘Mine is the pig mask, yours is the lion mask.’
As if now some animal pact is made.
About the author
Gemma White lives in Melbourne. She is a painter, poet, managing editor and founder of Only Words Apart Media.
Gemma was involved in various poetry media projects such as RMIT’s PROD (a collaboration of poetry and film) in 2009, in which one of her poems ‘The Mariner’s Lover’ was turned into the song ‘Ancient Love’ by singer/songwriter Gossling. Excerpts from her poem ‘Love Song for London’ were featured in Mash, a collaborative poetry initiative by the 9th Annual Overload Poetry Festival.
This is Gemma’s first collection of poetry.
