BREAST IS BEST
GEOFFREY AITKEN
we’ve become
definite
about the way
our words
should appear to belong.
formalists prefer to deal
with traditional patterns.
the truth
is quickly explained
by a child
who understands
the need for a precision
invoked by simplicity.
not liking a child has form
***
Geoffrey Aitken [he/him] writes his awarded minimalist poetry from Adelaide, on unceded Kaurna land, social conscience driven, post-retirement from senior school English teaching, motivated by student disaffiliation with curriculum poetry. His industrial ‘lived experience disability’ style has found homes in [AUS] and [UK, US, HR, CAN, Fr & CN]. Recently, ‘Verge Anthology’ – [Monash Uni AUS], ‘the engine (idling’ [US], ZiNDaily’

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