July 2014 Raya stands by the open window, slowly brushing her long hair. It’s Thursday evening, and she watches people rushing about; she sees soldiers — children, really — hurrying with their …
Faust: and now, here I am what I am, and I don’t think I am something else (Juan Garrido Salgado)
Faust: and now, here I am what I am, and I don’t think I am something else I think I’m writing a poem about nothing, for no one. I do …
Apparitions
(Anthony Lawrence)
The Brindle Horses The brindle horses have been put out to pasture wearing their golden plumes. In certain light they appear as muscled apparitions out of a pop-up book for …
Gross National Happiness (David Thomas Henry Wright)
(edited by Kathryn Hummel) The plane takes off, confirming the entire row of seats is yours. All yours. Closest you’ll come to owning property. …
Working it out (Jen Webb)
Getting there This is the morning I wake from a dream of drowning, and wait for what comes next. Someone brings me tea I cannot drink, chocolates made of coconut. …
Walking with Bella (Eileen Chong)
I like to go to the ends of things — …
HEART’S WORDS IN EXILE: Janet Galbraith Reviews Truth in the Cage by Mohammad Ali Maleki. Plus, a Poetic Film Based on Mohammad’s Poem ‘Brother’, Directed by Siân Darling.
Truth in the Cage, with its very title, immediately claims that what we are hearing is truth. It is a truth that has been caged, a truth that those outside …
My Nana is a Mermaid (Anna Jacobson)
Artist’s Statement This video work was inspired by old photographs I discovered of my nana and grandad when they were young. I was drawn to the photograph of my nana …
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 …
A HABIT OF OPENNESS: an interview with Melinda Smith
Having won the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Drag down to unlock or place an emergency call, in a way Melinda Smith needs no introduction. However, in the interests …