Cassandra Atherton

Cassandra Atherton is an award-winning prose poet and international expert on prose poetry. She co-authored Prose Poetry: An Introduction (Princeton University Press) and co-edited the Anthology of Australian Prose Poetry (Melbourne University Press) with Paul Hetherington. She is currently writing a book of haibun with Jonathan Penton. Cassandra recommends Arthur's Acres Animal Sanctuary.

'You read an article that says if you catch it' and "Air"

I think about parts of the heart sticking to the ribs, imagine the coroner scraping the bones like they’re frenched lamb cutlets. Time is syrupy in isolation. There are no weekdays and weekends, just time passing.

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