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Cath Crowley is the author of the multi–award-winning Graffiti moon as well as several other books for young adults and children.


feet first into the night forest of you

they click and touch and lean and shove. sometimes, one lying next to one, they just disappear. want next to chocolate is nothing like want next to him. want next to kiss is a whole different thing. kiss and touch and slide are nothing like the skin slide that happens on the bad days. sliding skin when I think of you is something different again. tomorrow next to night and forest near heart. beating next to ache, next to night, next to need might have something to do with beating next to fist but I hope it doesn’t. face next to fist, fist next to heart, finger and skin, finger on nose, sky next to eyes and sky next to breath, that’s a whole different thing again. night heart, night feet, night howl, night nearly, night nearly over, over the night forest of you, lost in the night forest of your feet, feet first into the night forest of you.

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  1. Mai

    Love it! …
    Did I forget to say that I LOVE IT?
    Well, I love it. And by the way, I love it.
    So I´m saying I love it. Shouting: I LOVE IT!
    After all, I love it.
    To finish, I love it…
    - Mai.
    PD: I L-O-V-E I-T

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      cath

      Hi Mai, you are leaving such beautiful things on my site – I feel like I’ve been given a little present. thank you.

  2. Mai

    Oh my gosh! You´re writting…Well what I mean is that YOU ARE WRITTING another book.
    Sorry but I just read the questions and discover this so I´m excited.
    Take your time. I always say: Inspiration comes when it comes.
    I would say that I´m hoping to read it but to much pressure on you.
    That´s why I don´t make promises about posting a new chapter on my blog, because sometimes I don´t have time because of school or just I don´t have inspiration. And I like to do things well. That means writting with inspiration – feeling the words from the bottom of your soul.

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      cath

      It’s so true, Mai. Inspiration comes when it comes.
      You have to feel the words at the bottom of your soul.

  3. Lucy Wubbels

    Oh my gosh. That is beautiful. I have never read anything like that. It’s incredible. I love it. I’m so excited for you next book to come out. I loved Graffiti Moon And I loved talking to you at Whitsunday Voices. I have box of weird stuff too. It’s full of my midnight secrets. I really hope your new book is coming along well.
    From Lucy
    P.S you probably don’t remember me.

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      cath

      Thanks Lucy!
      What a beautiful description…a box of midnight secrets.
      That’s a great idea for a story.


Book cover of 'Graffiti moon'; illustration of yellow spray can on plain black background

Graffiti moon is out now from Pan Macmillan Australia.

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