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Green Gecko Dreaming - Andrew M. Bell
Andrew M. Bell
Green Gecko Dreaming
A BIGGER THAN BEN HUR PRODUCTION
in association with www.lulu.com
Published by Bigger Than Ben Hur Productions
54A Yellowstone Crescent
Burwood
Christchurch 8083
NEW ZEALAND/AOTEAROA
First published 2014
© 2014 Andrew M. Bell
Cover Photo of a Chalk Drawing Green Gecko
© 2010 Thomas J.E. Bell
Cover Photograph: © 2014 Andrew M. Bell
Author Photograph: Alison Gilmour
This book is dedicated to all the indigenous
First Nations peoples of the world,
may your spiritual values guide us to a better world for all.
This book is also dedicated to the memory
of my late father-in-law, Norris Joseph Hickey.
Also by Andrew M. Bell:
Poetry Collection:
Clawed Rains
(2011)
Short Story Collection:
Aotearoa Sunrise
(2009)
Collections of Song Lyrics:
The Godzilla Years
The Sing Sing Years
The Wilderness Years (Parts One and Two)
(1986)
2014 Andrew M. Bell
ISBN 978-1-71657-268-5
Print version 2014. E-Book 2020
This book is copyright. Apart from
any fair dealing for the purpose of private study,
research, criticism or review, as permitted under the
Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any
process without the permission of
the publishers.
Acknowledgements are due to the editors of the following publications,
in which many of these poems first appeared:
AUSTRALIA:
Australian Writers Journal; Coastal District Times; Daily News; Fremantle Focus; Going Down South Anthology; Grok; Guardian Express; Henry Kendall Poetry Awards Anthology; Hopi Magazine; Lip Service 3; Looking Backwards Looking Forwards Anthology; Mandurah Telegraph; Micropress Oz; Naked Eye 1993; New Directions Anthology; Poetry World; Rockingham Weekend Courier; Society of Women Writers Awards Anthology; Stirling Times; Void; WA Ink; The West Australian.
ISRAEL:
Kibbutz Currents Shdemot.
NEW ZEALAND:
Brookfield Press; The Collection of NZ Poetry and Prose; Micropress NZ; The Press; Valley Micropress.
UNITED KINGDOM:
National Poetry Foundation of UK.
and acknowledgements are due to the media outlets
that broadcast some of these poems:
AUSTRALIA:
Network Ten Perth; RTR-FM Artbeat; RTR-FM Artrage Festival
Acknowledgements are due to these literary competitions,
in which some of these poems achieved success:
Bundaberg Arts Festival (AUS); Casino Literary Awards (AUS); FAW Esperance Literary Competition (AUS); FAW Goldfields Literary Competition (AUS); Henry Kendall Competition (AUS); FAW Lambing Flat Competition (AUS); Mandurah-Murray Arts Competition (AUS); Mazzucchelli’s Love Poem Competition (AUS); Mount Isa Literary Competition (AUS); National Poetry Foundation (UK); New Directions Literary Competition (AUS); Society of Women Writers Competition (AUS); Sunraysia FAW Competition (AUS).
CONTENTS
Frozen Waists 10
Dreaming of Michael 11
My Father 12
Memory Steps 15
Ruby’s Magic 16
Expatriate Postmark 18
Water Tower, Hatzeva 19
Autumn in South-West, Western Australia 20
Visit to Mauthausen 1987 22
Poem for Ilana 24
For Chris and Judy 25
Poem on My Father’s Birthday 26
Poem for Nick’s Birthday 28
Love’s Mosaic 29
Chains 31
A Moment of Ignition 33
Prize 34
Tears on the Tarmac 35
The Weather 36
Ruby the Dark-Haired Girl (1887-1987) 37
No Time 38
A Sonnet for My Valentine 39
Exiles from the Dreamtime 40
Entrusted to Love 43
Full Moon over Monaco 45
Smorgasbord 47
Treeopath 49
Celebration 51
House of the Forgotten 53
Hyper Tai Chi 55
Three Haiku for Matthew 56
An Old Clown Disremembers 57
Solomon’s Daughter 60
We Can