Geoffrey Aitken writes on Adelaide’s unceded Kaurna land, an awarded minimalist poet who communicates his ‘lived experience disability’ for publishers [AUS] and [UK, US, HR, CAN, FR & CN]. Recently, ‘STREETCAKE’ [UK], ‘Panoplyzine Mag’ [US], ‘ZinDaily’ [HR] & ‘unusual work’ [AUS]. Nominated Best of the Net in 2022.

It was 2021 when Poets Choice accepted my poem ‘touching truth’ for the Anthology ‘Drunken Moments’ beginning a successful writing and publishing momentum that hasn’t yet slowed. It was the exact start I needed to believe in my ability to create moments allied to experience and Poets Choice hosted it for me and of course I remain grateful. Regular updates help me track the progress of our relationship.

I write about issues filtered through the lens of ‘lived experience’ with an ambiguity that mentions the irony of our lives after forty years living with an incorrect diagnosis and medication for paranoid schizophrenia. It was corrected only three years ago and I now live more comfortably although my confidence took a terrible hit. I am a minimalist as my window onto opportunity has been damaged yet I still grasp enough meaning to share brief images for like minds both at ‘open mic’ and in smaller publications.

Always happy when another day peeks into the morning.
Geoffrey Aitken