The Friday poem: “the ghost held special significance”, by Catherine Vidler
Poetry for the soul
New verse by Australian writer Catherine Vidler.
the ghost held special significance
for the ghost at St. Bathans
the ghost held me down
the ghost held me in position
the ghost held up a glowing torch
the ghost held its ground
the ghost held a darker picture
the ghost held up three fingers
the ghost held up its arms
the ghost held against the bones
the ghost held communications
the ghost held a media workout
the ghost held a cigarette
the ghost held my attention
the ghost held the bundle
the ghost held up its chain
the ghost held up a web page
the ghost held up its hand
the ghost held out its bag
the ghost held up the bridges
the ghost held his breath
the ghost held no biases
the ghost held its shape
the ghost held to its word
Catherine Vidler
Catherine Vidler’s first chapbook, Cloud Theory, was published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2007. In 2011 Puncher & Wattmann also published her collection Furious Triangle. Some recent publications include stamp sonnets: 28 poems created from material contained in hartmut abendschein’s ‘stamp stories’ project (SOd press, 2019), 78 composite lost sonnets (Hesterglock Prote(s)xt, 2018), Lost Sonnets (Timglaset, 2018), collected composite lost sonnets (SOd press, 2018), and lost sonnets (Spacecraft Press, 2018). In 2019 her publications included Keyboards, 14 Poems for Tom Jenks (The Blasted Tree), Repetitive Poems (Simulacrum Press), and Lost Sonnets, 3rd iteration (edition taberna kritika).
