Re-boot the wonder, kick-start another ‘why’? Post-project poem
I love this poem - it made me question why we try, train, forge a path and hitch ourselves so beautifully to a purpose. Now that the project is - Read more...
We dig our heels into a photograph
The ephemeral poet squinting to etch this experience into memory... and the somewhat tangible, queue-ticket printed-poetry souvenir: "peeling layers of ochre, rust and bone dust from an unlikely blue - Read more...
Stadium Dismount – the tail end of a queue into Glasgow Green
Final day and we are at Glasgow Green. Working with those lining up to be let in at 7pm – for the final send off- and draping myself over a queue barrier - Read more...
Puddle-struck poetry – pull on a perforation to take your ticket
https://vimeo.com/102480051 Saturday 2nd August Day 11 Comm Games Q-Poetics Glasgow Shared with those in waiting at SECC today- and then cycled to Central Station where I watched queues flow in and - Read more...
“you could open any chocked dark door with the blink of a hurricane eye”
https://vimeo.com/102389131 Friday 1st August @ Commonwealth Games 2014 - Day 10 We were struck by Efficiency- the incredible one-way tidal flow of spectators snaking their way into Hampden, having walked - Read more...
Stepping On – Tawona’s poem THURS 31st July @CommonwealthGames 2014 – Day 9
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Dear Punter Who Met This Poet In-Q
Dear Punter What a joy to cycle past some Actual Athletes this morning on route to meeting you at Glasgow Green, making my way past New Zealand, then Rwanda, then Kenya at - Read more...
Not Being Allowed In… poet slumps outside ‘perimeter’
https://vimeo.com/102203389 Hampden Park Stadium & the crowds are flowing fast and thick - it is quite a testament to the folk putting this whole day together that a epic flow of - Read more...
Sydney Morning Herald includes this quest in their reporting!
Poet Skye Loneragan waxes lyrical to keep Games queues entertained I am chuffed that reporting on the Games can include a usually marginalised art-form, and that those marginalised can be spoken about- - Read more...
Grumbling group and a moment to feel the tension slacken
COMMONWEALTH GAMES GLASGOW 2014 - DAY 6 & 7 Puffing up a steep incline toward Cathkin Braes Mountain Biking....a barrier is collecting a grumbling group - there is confusion - Read more...