Stendhal Syndrome
By J M Donellan
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STENDHAL SYNDROME: Feelings of increased heart rate, dizziness, disorientation, amnesia, hallucinations etc. in response to immense beauty present in either artistic works or the natural world.
A collection of poems, short stories, lists and rants by J. M. Donellan, author of Killing Adonis, 2015 Australian Poetry Slam national finalist, and one half of electronic/spoken word duo Poetry is Dead.
J M Donellan
J.M. DONELLAN is an author, musician, poet, and podcaster. He was almost devoured by a tiger in the jungles of Malaysia, nearly died of a lung collapse in the Nepalese Himalayas, and once fended off a pack of rabid dogs with a guitar in the mountains of India. He has performed at the Sydney Writers' Festival, TEDxBrisbane, the Sydney Opera House, Brisbane Festival, and some very prestigious basements. His previous works include the poetry collection Stendhal Syndrome, the Kirkus Prize-nominated novel Killing Adonis, and the podcast series Six Cold Feet. His children's poetry collection 19 ½ Spells Disguised As Poems has been hailed as 'the worst recipe book of all time.' His most recent novel (besides the one you're looking at now) is The Fabulist. He's won a bunch of awards but refuses to list them all here because no one likes a braggart.
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Stendhal Syndrome - J M Donellan
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POETRY IS DEAD
In the beginning was the word
and the word moved across the earth
but the word has been forgotten
and the earth has become rotten
with decay, and worse, with apathy
our creative spirits have atrophied
we’ve forsaken our muses in exchange for a small fee
and traded third eye vision for greed in the third degree
And all the world’s a stage
but all the great artists are passed out in the VIP room
and the audience has grown weary
and gone outside in search of cigarettes
So I will spit these words life like my life depends upon it
because it does
we need to take art from where it is
to where it was
and from there to what it will become
Because poetry is dead
and without it
so are we.
THE WORST KIND OF SILENT
We lit candles for your vigils
When we should have been lighting Molotov cocktails
We kept our eyes and our web browsers focused on Nauru, Manus and Christmas Island
We were furious, defiant
And yet...
Frustratingly compliant
The worst kind of silent
I, like a lot of you, wrote polite but firmly worded letters to my local MP
When perhaps I should have been writing threats
You see the problem is I do #StandWithGillianTriggs
but I want to do so much more than just stand
I want to raise fists and issue demands
When I open newspapers all I see is spurious shit
The kind of fabrications that put me on a furious tip
Make me scream and spit
Make me want to raise the alarm
Do harm and keep my anger lit
We should have cut razor wire for Reza Barati
We should be setting Parliament House on fire
These events should be on the news nightly
I don’t know what to do with this anger I’ve got caterwauling inside me
Because it’s righteous and it’s justified
But it’s still so fucking ugly and unsightly
I wish fences broke as easily as politicians’ promises
I wish we had a government who made me feel proud to be Australian
Instead of hanging my head in shame
You know what?
Shame is a word that doesn’t cut deep enough
It just makes a small incision on the surface
A slightly scarred epidermis
What we are doing constitutes cruelty with