GOING KRAKENS
My son likes squids -
they’re not super heroes
but Super Orders
or, Cephalopods
lurking in the inky, deep, cold seas
of the Great Southern Ocean.
My son likes the following quote:
“This squid is a really nasty aggressive…
gelatinous blob with seriously evil arms on it”
by Prof O’Shea of New Zealand –
lots of creepy squid squelch down there.
My son’s birthday menu has 2 choices:
For the kids - Squid in the Pond, or,
For the adults - Calamari served in aspic jelly
(with a hint of rock salt).
About this Rooku
Helen’s poem was inspired by her son with Asperger’s Syndrom who cried when the Kraken in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was killed. It was also inspired by an unhealthy obsession with reading New Zealand websites and a concurrent visit to the Melbourne Aquarium.
About Helen O'Brien
Helen is a pianist, forte-pianist and harpsichordist working primarily with secondary student at various schools in regional Victoria. She tutors at Swinburne University in post-graduate writing subjects. Her academic interests include Stanley Kubrick’s use of music in film, rhizomatic influences in poetry and has a personal interest in the needs of autistic children. Her present text project is a presentation of a song cycle by the Geneva based soprano-composer Shaun Beesely, entitled ‘Three Shipwrecks’, a work dedicated to James Macready Brian and the advocacy work of his parent for young adults with brain acquired injuries. She is presently undertaking a PhD at Swinburne University in poetry.
