I am chuffed to announce that my poem Letter to Colour has been published in this edition of The Specusphere webzine. My poetry seems to be finding a niche in the speculative fiction (science fiction/fantasy) arena. This is not a planned focus but simply reflects the dreamlike state of my head much of the time (and why I keep falling through clouds).
Follow this link to read Letter to Colour in The Specusphere and other wonderful things speculative fiction.
The poem and comments on the original blog posting can be found here.
If you don’t know about The Specusphere this is a description from the horses mouth, so to speak.
‘The Specusphere is a hub of interaction between writers, artists, fans, publishers, producers and thinkers who have a passion for speculative fiction in Australia. Speculative fiction encompasses fantasy, science fiction, horror, magic realism and more.’ (specusphere website)
Next I might hit them with my waking up in a coffin about to be cremated poem.
April 11, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Congratulations! Wonderful news, and yes, the ‘waking up in a coffin’ should go in too.
April 11, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Thanks Stafford.
April 11, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Looks awesome, and your bio is full of exciting news too, congratulations all round.
April 11, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Thanks Mark.
April 11, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Brilliant. Your dreamlike state is one of the reasons I love your writing. Congratulations!
April 11, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Your too sweet Selma. I did a sleep study once and the neurologist looked at the graph and said ‘that’s definitely not normal’ – I have greater and more frequent access to the REM state than most people (a relative of narcolepsy they think) – I have been known to dream with my eyes open – weird but wonderful too.
April 11, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Congratulations and its a wonderful poem
April 11, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Thanks for visiting and your lovely comments Crafty Green poet.
April 11, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Congratulations!! That’s such wonderful news! 🙂
April 11, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Thanks Tracey. It’s good to be in an Australian publication.
April 12, 2010 at 9:26 am
Congrats, Gabrielle! What a wonderful poem that made me see colors I’d forgotten (or never even known). I’m almost scared to click on the coffin/cremated link… but here I go!
April 12, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Glad you liked it Bryan. It’s all true – I was really depressed when I found out ‘the facts’ about colour when I was younger – made me feel like the world was one big deception.
April 12, 2010 at 10:36 am
good news gabrielle! it is a wonderful poem, and tho it seems a very natural sort of observation beautifully written it does have that supernatural sense as well. i love the way that it does both. congratulations, you have an awesome talent and an impressive long list of other publications and features that goes hand in hand with it, here’s to you! cheers!
April 12, 2010 at 1:53 pm
I hadn’t thought about it that way, Tipota, but I suppose it is a ‘natural observation’. Thanks for your lovely comments as usual.
April 12, 2010 at 11:00 am
Congratulations! Careers are taking off everywhere.
April 12, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Thanks Paul. I think I’m a bit too lazy for a career but you never know.
April 12, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Great news Gabe!!! Hope your poems keep finding new homes!
April 13, 2010 at 8:34 am
So do I! Thanks Graham.
April 13, 2010 at 1:37 am
gabe, what a wonderful poem
i am happy it went on to be published because i think i missed it when it was here…..
this relationship of things, seemingly separate, is mysterious and beautiful to explore..
April 13, 2010 at 8:35 am
It is indeed and thanks again Dhyan.
April 13, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Congratulations, Gabrielle! I’m delighted for you. “Letter to Colour” is one of my favorites of your poems.
April 13, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Is it? It’s one of my favourites as well – we all had a good conversation about our feelings toward colour and the harsh reality of life and knowledge (that’s the best thing about blogging – philosophical repartee of sorts). Thanks Thomma Lyn.
April 13, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Great news! I have re-read this and I am not sure that the colours are the real betrayers. Who took away the light? Am I being too pedantic?
April 14, 2010 at 9:34 am
Ha,ha. It’s all about love Brad – when you love someone you don’t want their heart with another (it was always a bit one sided me and colour – I’ve learned to accept it now).
April 14, 2010 at 12:08 am
Bravo Gabrielle,it is a beautiful poem.
Have you ever discussed colours with someone? It is like politics, difficult to have a general agreement.
Is this a grey, a warm grey, a cold grey, a beige, a white? (like the different shades in the background of your blog)
April 14, 2010 at 9:37 am
Thanks Ben and you are right about colour being like politics; people have strong feelings about the subject. The concept of cool versus warm particularly seems to throw some people (especially red). I think people have a personal relationship with colour and it runs very deep, even subconscious (very primal – a bit like smells).
April 14, 2010 at 8:28 am
Brilliant writer, brilliant lady and brilliant news! The poem was was like taking a walk up a rainbow and back down again, collecting feelings along the way.
April 14, 2010 at 9:38 am
Thanks Val!
April 14, 2010 at 8:30 am
Please ignore the second was in my comment because two was is one was too many. :0
April 14, 2010 at 9:39 am
Two was is two was too many, indeed. Hey Val, does this mean I can call you Wassa.
April 15, 2010 at 9:13 am
oh i am way too late..everybody has already said everything, i hate that.
a copy of the childers/woodgate free paper found its way to me this week and I thought of you…
April 15, 2010 at 10:36 am
It’s never to late. That would be the Chit/Chat you refer to – but how did you get it? I write the occasional story about Goodwood State School for the Chit/Cat.
April 15, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Cool! Congratulations Gabrielle!
April 15, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Thanks Maxine.