2018 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize Archives

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 …

Yo Soy Mexico City <br> (Atreyee Gupta)July 26, 2019
Yo soy poderosa, yo soy abultado — El Monstruo I beat with the syncopated rhythm of twenty-five million hearts criss-crossing my sinking calles Me quema con potencial bajo del decaimiento ... Read More
Gross National Happiness (David Thomas Henry Wright)February 8, 2019
(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. ... Read More
THE BUILDING BLOCK BOY (Joe Davies)October 23, 2018
The room was large, high-ceilinged and poorly lit. There was a lamp on the desk and another beside the mattress in the corner, both were on, but the light they ... Read More