Clark Gormley is a poet and singer-songwriter based in Newcastle, Australia. He has been involved in organising and promoting local poetry readings for over 20 years.He has been published in several anthologies including Visions From the Valley, A Slow Combusting Hymn and Brew 30 Years of Poetry at the Pub Newcastle. He has written and performed three nerd-themed one-man shows, and is working on a fourth. He’s also written a bunch of wordy songs, most of which he has sung in the duo Nerds & Music. Gormley pursues these creative endeavours in an effort to counterbalance the stodginess of a career in chemical engineering.
His flying islands book, Not What You Think, was published in 2019.
Panda Onesie
you get home and
run to the wardrobe
before the shopping
is unpacked
the onesie goes on
and there you are
a befurred cherub
in black and white
happy as a folivore
in a bamboo forest
the onesie stays on
until you go out
home being your
natural habitat
a tiny enclave of
Sichuan Province
cos you’ve read that
the species doesn’t
fare well elsewhere
so you need to wear
your human skin
as protection when
venturing into
outdoor captivity
this huge open range zoo