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    Stendhal Syndrome
    Stendhal Syndrome
    Stendhal Syndrome
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    Stendhal Syndrome

    By J M Donellan

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    STENDHAL SYNDROME: Feelings of increased heart rate, dizziness, disorientation, amnesia, hallucinations etc. in response to immense beauty present in either artistic works or the natural world.
    A collection of poems, short stories, lists and rants by J. M. Donellan, author of Killing Adonis, 2015 Australian Poetry Slam national finalist, and one half of electronic/spoken word duo Poetry is Dead.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOdyssey Books
    Release dateFeb 28, 2016
    ISBN9780987232595
    Stendhal Syndrome
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    J M Donellan

    J.M. DONELLAN is an author, musician, poet, and podcaster. He was almost devoured by a tiger in the jungles of Malaysia, nearly died of a lung collapse in the Nepalese Himalayas, and once fended off a pack of rabid dogs with a guitar in the mountains of India. He has performed at the Sydney Writers' Festival, TEDxBrisbane, the Sydney Opera House, Brisbane Festival, and some very prestigious basements. His previous works include the poetry collection Stendhal Syndrome, the Kirkus Prize-nominated novel Killing Adonis, and the podcast series Six Cold Feet. His children's poetry collection 19 ½ Spells Disguised As Poems has been hailed as 'the worst recipe book of all time.' His most recent novel (besides the one you're looking at now) is The Fabulist. He's won a bunch of awards but refuses to list them all here because no one likes a braggart.

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      Stendhal Syndrome - J M Donellan

      Donellan

      POETRY IS DEAD 

      In the beginning was the word

      and the word moved across the earth

      but the word has been forgotten

      and the earth has become rotten

      with decay, and worse, with apathy

      our creative spirits have atrophied

      we’ve forsaken our muses in exchange for a small fee

      and traded third eye vision for greed in the third degree

      And all the world’s a stage

      but all the great artists are passed out in the VIP room

      and the audience has grown weary

      and gone outside in search of cigarettes

      So I will spit these words life like my life depends upon it

      because it does

      we need to take art from where it is

      to where it was

      and from there to what it will become

      Because poetry is dead

      and without it

      so are we.

      THE WORST KIND OF SILENT

      We lit candles for your vigils

      When we should have been lighting Molotov cocktails

      We kept our eyes and our web browsers focused on Nauru, Manus and Christmas Island

      We were furious, defiant

      And yet...

      Frustratingly compliant

      The worst kind of silent

      I, like a lot of you, wrote polite but firmly worded letters to my local MP

      When perhaps I should have been writing threats

      You see the problem is I do #StandWithGillianTriggs

      but I want to do so much more than just stand

      I want to raise fists and issue demands

      When I open newspapers all I see is spurious shit

      The kind of fabrications that put me on a furious tip

      Make me scream and spit

      Make me want to raise the alarm

      Do harm and keep my anger lit

      We should have cut razor wire for Reza Barati

      We should be setting Parliament House on fire

      These events should be on the news nightly

      I don’t know what to do with this anger I’ve got caterwauling inside me

      Because it’s righteous and it’s justified

      But it’s still so fucking ugly and unsightly

      I wish fences broke as easily as politicians’ promises

      I wish we had a government who made me feel proud to be Australian

      Instead of hanging my head in shame

      You know what?

      Shame is a word that doesn’t cut deep enough

      It just makes a small incision on the surface

      A slightly scarred epidermis

      What we are doing constitutes cruelty with

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