Introducing Cindy Keong...

    Cindy Keony: Image courtesy of the artist
    I am a Brisbane based photographer, poet and teacher.  I have recently been exploring life in Tanzania assisting with a community based education program.  I usually live in breathing distance to the Pacific Ocean which continues to inspire my work. 2010 was an exciting year with both my poetry and photos published in Page Seventeen as well as being shortlisted for Queensland Poetry Festival Filmakers awards and receiving a highly commended for film submissions at the Melbourne Overload Festival.


     Daladala

    We catch Jim Jim a dented silver
    bus, Bob Marley’s face emblazoned
    on doors, his voice pumps
    through dusty speakers.

    Twice as many bodies than
    there are seats; stale sweat
    and the waft of
    ripening bananas.

    Mamas pass babies and
    parcels through open windows, stranger
    or not window seats come with 
    added responsibility.

    A women determined not to stand, concertinas
    the back row with her quaking form,
    a thick thigh overlaps mine, my left arm
    resting on her breast.

    A local boy playing chicken, grinds
    the journey to a halt.  Mine the only
    eyes that blink, when the driver leaps to the gutter,
    administers a beating.

    And when the journey ends, eyes stinging,
    a mouth lined like a dusty shelf
    you pay 30c for the pleasure, an
    amusement ride you’ll never forget.

    Catch Cindy at the Queensland Poetry Festival in Image Back to the Word - Saturday 27 August / Theatre Space / 2:45

Post Title

Introducing Cindy Keong...


Post URL

http://popeyesmotto.blogspot.com/2011/08/cindy-keony-image-artist-i-am-brisbane.html


Visit Trend Clip Art for Daily Updated Wedding Dresses Collection

Popular Posts