Poems
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woomera part 2
By Em Königjust like children i was
casting
spells in ancient caves we
hid used -
Bora bora
By Brenda SaundersDig your hand in deep, touch hardened clay
feel the spread of stamped ground firm and flat
trace the circles we now call bora -
Luring water
By Anne ElveyWith filaments thread by threaded hand
they delve into the mineral grains
& standing, lure water from the sand.
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They say “western sydney”, what they mean is...
By Sara M. SalehTo the people who came before us, who made themselves at home
‘in the tensions of these geographies so we might make our way beyond them’…
(~Natalie Diaz)
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An Address To The Shadow That Follows Me
By Jill JonesI’m still your goddess of crumbs and scraps, chewing on suburban air
Let me tell you, it takes some guts to do that
amongst these pokerfaced love shacks and villa clones
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Entanglement
By Toby FitchI am watching myself untangle
my earphones, my body’s walk paused,
standing on the corner of Bedford and Probert
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Star Swamp Meditation
By Scott-Patrick Mitchellearlier, full moon morning
white orb weaver
spun glow into view
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Purging the Apes
By Benjamin DoddsAt first, it felt forced—
how to stow a chimp inside a poem
and safely pass through customs?
Six years of Pan troglodytes