It has been exciting to have variations on Between Thistles arrive in my inbox these past few days… so many roads left unexplored in the original that these remixes are discovering. Here is Cindy Keong’s remix to kick start your Friday night.
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Between Thistles: A New Junicho
Started: 12 April 2013 – Finished: 30 April 2013
Written between: Ashley Capes, Chloë Callistemon, Cindy Keong, Chris Lynch, Vuong Pham, Trish Reid and Lee-Anne Davie
Link #1 (3 lines) – hokku / shasei
between thistles
the crane’s
Egyptian walk
(Ashley Capes)
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Link #2 (2 lines) – waki / cultural (literature)
Out! Damn dog
brought the bloody river home!
(John Wainwright)
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Link #3 (3 lines) – daisan / cultural (film)
a gecko
makes the theatre
more Australian
(Vuong Pham)
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Link #4 (2 lines) – verse / shasei
recycling at 2:30am
moonlight on bitumen
(Chris Lynch)
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Link #5 (3 lines) – verse / shasei
possums on the roof
a sudden clap
of thunder
(Cindy Keong)
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Link #6 (2 lines) – verse / cultural (art)
Van Gogh hears
the light in each stroke
(Lee-Anne Davie)
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Link #7 (3 lines) – verse / cultural (religion)
winter solitude
the garden angel
frost covered
(Vuong Pham)
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Link #8 (2 lines) – verse / gendai
the tollway flickers
another promise
(Ashley Capes)
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Link #9 (3 lines) – verse / gendai
fever sweats
the memory of glaciers
fading…
(Chris Lynch)
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Link #10 (2 lines) – verse / cultural (politics)
global warming
my GUCCI wallet cracks
(Vuong Pham)
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Link #11 (3 lines) – verse / cultural (music)
second chord
of the Elgar
snaps my bow
(Chloe Callistemon)
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Link #12 (2 lines) – ageku / shasei
songs-many tongued-
mend the sun
(Trish Reid)
Another Lost Shark 
Wonderful! Love this.
Still studying the form and voices…but find most interesting.