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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