Bio
Christopher Palmer lives in Canberra, Australia. His first collection of poems, Afterlives, was published by Ginninderra Press in 2016.
Chris Palmer
Nautilus
Later, he picks up the shell
feels its cryptic weight
saying he can hear the sky
the young voice of his sister.
He's curious to know its inner workings:
how the animal is able to withdraw completely
each unused year
a chamber filled with air
uncoiling to an open mouth.
He pulls it away, quickly
her unchambered heart
arriving in waves and waves.