Southern Cross University 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 …

Measure (Eileen Chong)March 12, 2018
Everything we write will be used against us or against those we love. ‘North American Time’, Adrienne Rich The innocence of cornflowers — a dimpled, wheel-thrown cup. Glazed on the inside. ... Read More
Serpent (Anna Jacobson)July 6, 2018
By the time I see you, seventy-one angels have descended from heaven, chopped off your hands and feet, split your tongue. You crawl along your belly. Vanish. By the time ... Read More
The Motel No Vacancy (Fiona Hardy)November 14, 2018
I moved across from the hotel when I was seven years old and my mother gave me to her parents, like a late Christmas present, just before the New Year. ... Read More