Monthly Archives: December 2007

Lunar Eclipse – a poem

December 31, 2007 – 10:18 am

puppets of vertigo under the lipsticked corpse of an eclipsed moon shadowed by us how small we are and yet our silhoette casts curved three-dimensional taint sultana or ovalteenie (i minimise it) with a light cusp a moon party – the sun is playing puppets with us it is tongue on teeth, red painted fingernail [...]

By Angela Meyer | Posted in Self-indulgence | Comments (2)

The Outsider by Albert Camus – An ‘I’ve Always Wanted to Read That’ Review

December 26, 2007 – 4:03 pm

(first published 1942) Penguin Classics, 9780141182506 (Aus, US) Mr. Meursault lives out his life fulfilling ‘natural’ physical and emotional urges. He is in a comfortable position at work and feels no need to advance himself. He has a girlfriend who he may marry, but is honestly not sure whether he loves her. He has buried [...]

By Angela Meyer | Posted in Reviews + Analyses | Comments (3)

Birthday – Short Story – extract

December 14, 2007 – 3:55 pm

My short story Birthday has appeared in Lip magazine #14 available from their website. Lip is a young feminist magazine, for real girls. My story is about a girl on her eighteenth birthday. She grieves for the loss of her childhood in five stages. Here is an extract: Birthday stage one Alice awoke expecting excitement [...]

By Angela Meyer | Posted in Angela's Publications | Comments (2)

Pecking – a poem

December 5, 2007 – 9:40 am

loathed marrow jealous crystals pecking sparrows future nitpick, which way what? golden pathways human blocks tongue out for adventure feed please feed? battering cages withering away pecking at seeds

By Angela Meyer | Posted in Self-indulgence | Comments (3)

Update – Dec 07

December 5, 2007 – 9:23 am

A bit of background and an update to regular readers – I wrote the poem (Pecking, next post) while in a relationship. Some of you know I have recently come out of this relationship. It is strange to look back on my writing when I was with him. There is no doubt that I loved [...]

By Angela Meyer | Posted in Self-indulgence | Comments (5)