2018 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize Archives

Prize Winning Poems from our Black Cockatoo Editors Brenda Saunders & Yvette Henry Holt

Verity La November 30, 2018 Black Cockatoo, Poetry

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 …

Echo Chamber (Magdalena Ball)November 4, 2015
In the echo chamber you sat, one leg seductively slung across today’s chair, the other tapping reverberated Morse code the song in your head a doubtful skill you’ve never been ... Read More
The Antique (Ben Carmichael)May 10, 2011
Dust. It settles on the old things. It drifts through the air in a thin shroud, a grey curtain across the eyes. Slowly, it settles. On the tables, the chairs, ... Read More
At the Park (Karen Andrews)October 31, 2010
At the park siblings fall, parading their love to the throng they crash in limbs and kisses to the bottom of the playground slide. Aged matrons pass by, ... Read More