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, New, 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 …

Afterburn (Kylie Hough)March 8, 2019
Edited by Laura McPhee-Browne I lie on a queen mattress covered in red peonies in a darkened room, looking up at the still ceiling fan. I can make out three ... Read More
These Things I Know (K W George)April 17, 2018
I know things about this man. I first met him seventeen years ago when he removed a BCC from the right side of my forehead. That time I had staples ... Read More
Causes (An Jin)May 17, 2019
Tram Accident tram driver tells me I’m going to die I think about being a mess they can’t get out of the tracks I think about delays on the line ... Read More