The Ink Drinkers

An anthology of poetry and short stories
by two West Australian writers, Sue Clennell
and Laurel Lamperd. Most of the poems and short stories
have been published in Southerly, Redoubt, Quadrant,
Northern Perspective, Mattoid, The Brisbane Courier Mail,
The West Australian Newspaper and the BBC.


EPILOGUE OF A ROMANCE

Narcissus
camellia
prunus

three flowers of spring
the Chinese said
symbols of new life
new beginnings.

They ate plums
the deep wine fruit
oozing upon the lips.
She carried daffodils
dripping with bridal creeper.
He wore a pink camellia
in his lapel.

When winter struck
baring the branches of the plum
he was living with a divorcee
in Joondalup.
She had gone home to mother.

Laurel

Published
The West Australian Newspapers
The Ink Drinkers Anthology
The Ink Drinkers
available at Dymocks Stores $14.50