THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY.

Whenever I hear these words I get ready for the elephant sized shoe to drop. There is nothing that can come after,. Quick warm up in my car before a gig.

A weblog of random thinkings about poetry and anything else. Friday, July 08, 2011. It is not enough to make the world bow down with a toxic smile on its lips. But it may be some compensation. The Common Flesh, New and Selected Poems, Arc Publications. Friday, October 27, 2006. We were woken too early, before the moths had died in the streets,. Before the buds had hardened in the frost, when stars are hurtful. The tender magic of hands, we knew the magic of things not.

I am the author of the internationally best selling epic fantasy quartet The Books of Pellinor and the Gothic novel Black Spring, as well as a prize-winning poet. I am also a literary and theatre critic and have written several plays and opera libretti. Official long biography that explains everything. Below are links to details about my various writings. Jenny Darling and Associates Pty Ltd. South Melbourne VIC 3205 AUSTRALIA.