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there is a me shaped space
right here where I stand
there was nothing before
there will be nothing when I leave
French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the philosophic and poetic values of space in his masterwork, The Poetics of Space.
In A Choir of Whispers Frank Prem interprets Bachelard's explorations of the poetic quasi-element space, decanting the vivid imagery contained in the philosopher's work into new and accessible free verse poetic storytelling forms, bringing each story to life.
do you have time
do you have enough time sir?
I do not
this machine -
the St Nemom machine -
is a storage unit
for stray moments
About the author
Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet for more than forty years, and has spent his working life in various parts of the public psychiatry system in Victoria (Australia). He has been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies, in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as 'spoken word'.He and his wife live in the beautiful township of Beechworth in the North East of Victoria.
