Sue Stanford was born in London and now lives in Melbourne.  
Sue’s work has been widely published and anthologized. Examples can be found on nthposition, softblow,
open wide, wanderingdog, surfaceonline, gangway Poetry Scotland's open mouse, stylus poetry journal, 
divan and the M.A.G. sites. 

Sue has won a number of awards. Her chapbook, Recollection, appeared in 2003 and her first full-length 
collection, Opal, will be published in October 2006.
 

AT THE JAMES GLEESON EXHIBITION

He w0re a huge stud in his ear.
He t0ld me he was scu1pting a h0le in his b0dy.
He wants t0 stretch 0ne ear10be 1nt0 a cur1ed rim of f1esh.
He wants 1000 10vers to 100k thr0ugh it and see detai1s of sky.
He wants t0 to pass thr0ugh strangers 1ike test0ster0ne 0r a g1ass 0f water.
He wants t0 spin ar0und 0n the ba11 0f 0ne f00t in a space wa11ed with mirr0rs.
He wants y0u t0 kn0w h0w c0nfigurati0ns of 1ight enter the mind.
He wants the w/h0le to bec0me an emblem of c0nsci0usness.
He wants t0 refer t0 the whirlp001 at his centre.
He wants, cease1ess1y, t0 dis/appear.



 
DANCE

the stamp of the foot
the ring of the bones
the power in the flexed knee
the ostinato of the heart

the crook of the arm
the turn of the neck
the taut bow of the chest
the ostinato of the heart

the slick of the back
the belly’s pull
the hum of blood in the head
the ostinato of the heart

the wet of the eye
the wet of the tongue
the simple mixing of our breath
the ostinato of the heart