Tim Jones writes novels, short stories and poetry. Check out his novella Where We Land. You can contact Tim at senjmito@gmail.com. On Twitter: http://twitter.com/timjonesbooks.
New Sea Land is my new poetry collection from MÄkaro Press. You can buy it direct from the publisher using their online order form.
Landfall is my new novella from Paper Road Press. You can buy Landfall from Amazon.com as a Kindle ebook.
The Stars Like Sand: Australian Speculative Poetry is a well-reviewed 2014 anthology of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror poetry that I co-edited with P. S. Cottier. You can buy The Stars Like Sand from Amazon.com as a paperback or Kindle ebook.
Men Briefly Explained is my 2011 poetry collection that explains men, briefly. You can buy Men Briefly Explained from Amazon.com as a paperback or Kindle ebook.
My 2008 collection Transported: Short Stories is available as a Kindle ebook.
Lockdown
Turbid sky,
uneasy ground.
The face of a guest
turned away at the door.
His hands like roses
hunch a cigarette.
I hear his boots
make full confessions to the rain.
Tim says:"Lockdown" was my contribution to the Winter Readings Poetry Wall in 2007. It is as yet uncollected.
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8 comments:
What a gem, Tim,
That last couplet is sublime.
Hurry up and 'collect' the damn thing!
Hi Tim,
Nice poem! Short but vivid. I know poetry is subjective so the message I got may not be what it was originally intended. Kudos to you!
Great, Tim!
Yep, very nice.
Thanks, John, Claudia, Helen, and Mary.
John, I think this is one of those stray poems that might remain "uncollected" until I get round to putting together a collection called "Ominous Poems With Unspecified (But Possibly Eastern European) Settings". Which could be a while off yet.
It's a gorgeous, nasty, ominous little picture. I love the way you've painted it.
I like it Tim. It is kind of strange to have these random poems that you like but don't quite fit in with the others. One day it'll find a home.
Thanks, Helen! I had the first stirrings today of a new poem - the first I will have written since I finished the "Men Briefly Explained" m/s. Only problem is, the subject matter would have fit MBE perfectly. So much for my breakout to new poetic pastures :-)
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