Anne’s Song If the song of the songbird, could replace my wrong word Then my dear, that’s the song I would borrow And tonight, you would hear the saddest song …
Untitled (Luke Patterson)
(edited by Phillip Hall) I’m not even sure how to speak my father’s Country or tame the river dog’s cunning drag to the bog bottom of reconciliation. But I tell …
Seeking (Brooke Scobie)
(Edited by Brenda Saunders) Here baby girl have this this big important thing this unmeasurable by time life swallowing warmed by the ancient sun Thing This hidden by lightness of …
Lateral Love (Kirli Saunders)
Lateral Love I’ve been looking for lateral love in all its forms hoping to find it pouring from hearts that speak soft encouragement keep going bub praying to see …
The Cherry Picker’s Daughter (Melissa Lucashenko)
A tribute to the late Kerry Reed-Gilbert given by Melissa Lucashenko at the launch of Aunty Kerry’s memoir, The Cherry Picker’s Daughter, at the Avid Reader Bookshop in Brisbane on …
Dhalbin Yinaargal
(Michelle Vlatkovic)
Yinaargal come together by a fire burning eurah and sandalwood. Smoke fans away distractions that distance us. Each one of us silently places a small branch in the fire. Letting …
Spit Hood (Teena McCarthy)
for Don Dale detainee Dylan Voller and all those held in detention and suffering deaths in custody Oh, such a pretty picture this Kingdom of the Crown. In a dark …
Prize Winning Poems from our Black Cockatoo Editors Brenda Saunders & Yvette Henry Holt
Verity La are proud of the achievements of all our fantastic editors. Recently, poems from two of our Black Cockatoo editors, Brenda Saunders and Yvette Henry Holt, placed as Winner & Highly …
DREAMING INSIDE: Phillip Hall Reviews VOICES FROM JUNEE CORRECTIONAL CENTRE VOLUME 5
Dreaming Inside is a powerful and important project brought to fruition by the hard work and vision of Aunty Barbara Nicholson. Aunty Barb has coordinated a partnership between The Black …
Ceremony (Teena McCarthy)
Artist’s Statement ‘Among the aborigines inhabiting the Darling and Lower Murray Rivers, New South Wales, it was customary for the female relatives of a deceased person to plaster they’re faces …
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