Author Archives: Brad

About Brad

Brad Frederiksen is a 44 year old Australian-born poet. He began writing poetry while studying Philosophy as a mature-aged university student in 2008 and is currently working on a formula for the volumes of Surprise and Wonder.

The Waterfront Series (in no particular order): Parts 1 and 2

Edward and the Dangerous Plea

Edward and the Dangerous Plea

Long memory in short space of time

Long memory in short space of time


Pencil sketch of two uniformed women.

One of her is following my body up and down around my head with her eyes and passively pressing a handshape to the other woman’s lips with her free hand. She’s reading something from Braille with her dominant hand out of a make-up mirror over her shoulder.

The other woman is holding a handshape up, out, and in front of her face with her fingers apart at me. I can see through to the handshape behind it, but I can’t see all of it. There’s something about the way her hand’s drawn that the lines in her palm are moving. I can feel her other hand slipping.

I’m trying to get this all down in my journal with one hand.


Cnr Kamilaroi Hwy and Gap Rd

For the viewing pleasure…

Railway crossing

Kamilaroi Hwy

Cnr Kamilaroi and Gap