Yep, Collected Works is still there. It has had some rough times
financially but a call to local patrons and a dozen book launches a year
helps keep it afloat. Maybe Kris and Reeta have lost weight - but I'll see
when Max and I do a scout.
Andrew
On 31 January 2013 04:40, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We can hope, Max (& Andew, too, if it's still there…?)
>
> Doug
> On 2013-01-30, at 6:42 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I liked it, Max. Must make a date to go to Collected Works one day,
> ramble
> > among books and have a coffee afterwards - if we have enough money left.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 30 January 2013 22:08, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Max thanks for that picture I fondly remember a coffee bar in St Kilda
> many
> >> years ago
> >> Cheers P
> >> Did wonder if it wouls have been good to end at 'somewhat chipped and
> >> frayed.'
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Max Richards
> >> Sent: 30 January 2013 10:21
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: moving snap
> >>
> >> Goodbye Ruffey, Hello Fawkner
> >>
> >> Goodbye Ruffey -
> >> but I'll visit you
> >> occasionally.
> >>
> >> These seven years
> >> living beside you -
> >> creek lake and park -
> >>
> >> have been great for me.
> >> Not going to 'Donny Shoppo'
> >> (Doncaster Shoppingtown)
> >>
> >> will be great also.
> >> Down in St Kilda Road
> >> Melbourne 3004
> >>
> >> I'll buy my fruit and vegies
> >> from Prahran Market's
> >> traditional stall-holders.
> >>
> >> The dogs and I will walk
> >> in Fawkner Park
> >> without a lake of ducks
> >>
> >> to circumnavigate,
> >> but cricket ovals
> >> tennis courts
> >>
> >> and a cafe
> >> on the pavilion
> >> veranda, sitting
> >>
> >> shaded by big umbrellas,
> >> planning which avenue
> >> to stroll under elderly
> >>
> >> Moreton Bay fig-trees
> >> returning at length
> >> to the private gate
> >>
> >> between park and Kia
> >> Ora, our venerable
> >> apartment building.
> >>
> >> Its name, I may add,
> >> comes from the cordial
> >> once known round the world -
> >>
> >> Maori for Welcome,
> >> it suited the factory owner,
> >> who built for his workers
> >>
> >> smart flats in the style
> >> of Streamline Moderne,
> >> 1937.
> >>
> >> The year I was launched!
> >> I too feel streamline-moderne even,
> >> somewhat chipped and frayed.
> >>
> >> Cared for by younger
> >> generations, we may
> >> continue to feel we're
> >>
> >> appreciated,
> >> even cherished,
> >> a wee while longer.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> > 'Undercover of Lightness'
> > http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> > 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> >
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
> >
>
> Douglas Barbour
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
> (UofAPress).
> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>
> Something else is out there
> godamnit
>
> And I want to hear it
>
> C.D.Wright
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
'Undercover of Lightness'
http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
'Shikibu Shuffle'
http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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