Ági Dobson Archives

Ballina Region for Refugees Poetry Prize 2019

Ballina Region for Refugees Poetry Prize (supported by Southern Cross University) is for poems of up to fifty lines that respond to the theme ‘seeking asylum’. The prize celebrates the …

Man out of Time (Justin Lowe)April 12, 2019
he was everyone’s friend everyone’s confidante he slotted in nicely under a crooked arm he was a kind of bellwether people would cross the room to greet him they always ... Read More
Lifeguard (Grace Finlayson)April 3, 2018
On Tuesday afternoon, two weeks into the summer holidays, I watched the old women swim laps of the 50-metre pool. Up and down the lanes they went, swimming freestyle and ... Read More
And Now, Tenderness (David Adès)November 9, 2018
And now, tenderness, should it come, should it ever come again, unsolicited, from an unexpected quarter, should it be felt and recognised, will break over me like a wave, dissolving ... Read More