Poems

• The last bird poem
  By Tusiata Avia

  Ever since I wrote the first bird poem
  I have been swearing to the gods of colonisation
  I will not write another one.
  Sparrows, starlings, pigeons, geese

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• Muriyira Dreaming
  By Elizabeth Luland

  'Muriyira Dreaming' written and performed by Elizabeth Luland. Videography by Tad Souden and sound by Syd Green.
  garuga-ngayawanj muriyira lore 
  mudjingaal ceremony has begun
  ngarawan barra barra warmth 

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• Dragon Fruit
  By Xiaole Zhan

  We didn’t see the dragon fruit lights
  arriving late as we did, thinking of
  Popo and Gong Gong’s graves 
  which we would visit the next day. If only

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• Willow
  By Juran Adams

  Written by Juran Timu-Adams
  Verse 2 written by Jack McDonald
  Maori verse written by Sjionel Timu
  I used to try and move mountains 

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