Jayne Fenton Keane

Jayne Fenton Keane is a highly awarded and respected poet, both in Australia and overseas. Her distinctive blend of poetry-song cycles, spoken word-music fusions and shamanic performances have challenged and inspired audiences and critics around the world. Based in Queensland, Australia, JFK is the Founding Director of National Poetry Week, a PhD student and a human rights worker. JFK has recently returned from an Asialink Residency where she spent time writing in Malaysia, Taiwan and India.

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Poet in Residence: Stalking Tongue, Vol 2: Slaming the Sonnet

toen | tone

(from Wild Ham; A Collaborative Journey Through Incomprehension a Translation work in progress)

look at

how still you are

with

afternoon standing

inside your legs

are you fishing

or playing golf

does your toddler

remember when you were

a teenager

in the distance

trucks drive past

full of cows

your hand in your hair

staring

in the shores

of a storm

water

over thoughts

land in

nothingness

what gift

does the nothingness

offer

look at how still you are

Variations on a found Tarantula poem

One: Endangered Spider Cake

1 Texas Tan Tarantula

1 Peruvian Pinktoe Tarantula

1 Curlyhair Tarantula

1 Mexican Redknee Tarantula

2 Rhino Horned Baboon Tarantulas

1 Greenbottle Blue Tarantula

1 King Baboon Tarantula

1 Costa Rican Tiger Rump Tarantula

1 Tanzanian Stout-Leg Baboon Tarantula

1 Pink Zebra Beauty Tarantula

4 Salmon Pink Birdeater Tarantulas

2 Dwarf Rose Tarantulas

1 Trinidad Mahogany Tree Spider

1 Goliath Birdeater Tarantula

Two: Cockroach Grace

1 Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

15 Trinidad Giant Cave Cockroaches

9 False Death's Head Cockroaches

1 Orange-Headed Cockroach

28 Lobster Cockroaches

Three: Jungle Juice Cocktail

1 Teddy Bear Hamster

1 Quaker Parrot

2 Bearded Dragons

1 Red-Sided Garter Snake

2 Spitting Spiders

Four: All You Can Eat Special

1 Mexican Bloodleg Tarantula

1 Mexican Flameknee Tarantula

1 Martinique Pinktoe Tarantula

2 Pink-Footed Millipedes

2 Texas Redhead Centipedes

1 Panama Blonde Blue-Fang Tarantula

1 Brazilian Giant Orange Tarantula

3 Sao Tome Giant Olive-Brown Baboon Tarantulas

1 Peruvian Green Velvet Tarantula

1 Fringed Ornamental Tarantula

Five: After Dinner Speech at a Shareholder’s Meeting

3 Emperor Scorpions

1 Desert Hairy Scorpion

1 Texas Burrowing Scorpion

1 Lesser Stripe Tail Scorpion

1 Israeli Gold Scorpion

2 Striped Bark Scorpions

1 Yellow Fat-Tail Scorpion

2 Giant Vinegaroons

1 African Assassin Bug