Poems
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An evening melody
By Tenzin ChoegyalThis is an evening song for you.
I know it’s difficult to be simple.
This is an evening song for you -
Like the moon in the water, -
Would, Could, Should
By Megan Wildingmy Sister would always tell me
that she loved my
Curly Hair
and -
For Nokutela Dube, who travelled
By Sisonke MsimangI was listening to a nice white lady celebrating the Australian elections
and she said how proud Australian women should be that they got the vote in 1902.
I corrected her and said
White women -
sunlight and wind are free
By Ella O'Keefe, Dr Karl Kruszelnickisunlight and wind are free
a kind of ‘glue’
your loudspeaker simultaneously broadcasts
molten iron in precise quantities -
There’s So Much I Could Write Poetry About
By Yassmin Abdel-MagiedI could wax lyrical
about
a city that springs back to life
after a winter of confinement -
Us Mob
By Steven OliverSad mob, down mob, hurt mob, sorry mob
Tired mob, drained mob, used mob, weary mob,
Taken mob, forced mob, lost mob, stolen mob
Teased mob, tormented mob, bullied mob, mocked mob