My elders, I hear them speak loud and strong with messages of culture and belonging. The essence of me. Who I am and who I’ll always be. Proud. Strong. Aboriginal. …
OCHRE LINES: Us Mob Writing (Kerry Reed-Gilbert, Samantha Faulkner and Lisa Fuller)
(edited by Phillip Hall) Through the looking glass by Kerry Reed Gilbert Creation surrounds me As I walk upon hallowed land Red dirt claims me The sun burns brightly on …
A Sorry Memento, or Sorry Lamento (Teena McCarthy)
The night bird sings its mourning song. The day beckons, light through shadow. It feels hollow but sinks me and a kind of weight follows reaching into every crevice. ‘Don’t …
BHP (Be Humble Please)
(Teena McCarthy)
(painting & poetry for Nanna) black by day white by night this broken ol’ town all battered and burned high gutters in case of a storm silver & gold yes! …
Poems from Borroloola Poetry Club: Diwurruwurru (Phillip Gijindarriji Hall)
Borroloola is remote town located in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory. It has a population of around 600-700 people in the Dry Season; and approximately 800-1000 people in the …
Mr In-between (Brian Young) & The Straight Road Story (Namall Manu)
Mr In-between by Brian Young (edited by Phillip Hall) White trash, black trash, that in-between one brown one trash You tell me, what fuck am I??!!! Might have been stolen …
Fracking (Graham Akhurst)
(edited by Phillip Hall) lured by haunted white space I fill the page with egret bloom with flame tree impart wisdom in lake’s reflection nature’s metaphor conjures beauty for a …
Master of the Ghost Dreaming (Graham Akhurst)
A bloodied sunset reminds us That ghosts come from the ocean in the dark They bellow on trumpets And greedily watch sails flex Drawing them closer They leave their dreaming …
Taxi! (Brenda Saunders) & Transformative Progress (Barbara Nicholson)
Taxi! by Brenda Saunders I met her at the lights with six plastic bags Food bought at Woollies with a Salvo’s card making for the taxis on Pitt and Park …
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