The Substack Poetry Shack
My writing and images, and Meg's art - intersections of time, place and perception. You will find ecopoetry and prose, art, photography, and travel. Some is from my past, and some so new the ink and paint are still wet. Tell us what you think. Say hi!
“An authentic voice in these harsh times, Dave's writings with his partner Meg, an artist, author, take you to a great place of love and gorgeousness. I love the Austrialian lens on the world.”...”
School of Blue, School of Blue
“David Kirkby is an absolutely wonderful poet from down under, whose work is not only vibrant and alive, but also very well crafted.”...”
Martin Mc Carthy, Martin Mc Carthy's Poetry Substack
“Some people are just....is tender the right world? Brave? Splendid? If I start in trying to talk about what Dave and his work mean to me, I'll start gushing out all my best adjectives. And maybe even cry. Instead I will say go read this work--ALL of it. You will learn so much about what it means to be kind, present, reflective, and self-effacing. And so much about good writing. I cannot tell you more than that in this small space, but if there were world enough and time, I would write a tome.”...”
Rebecca Cook, Poetry, Art, and Unseen Things