Poems
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ኪዳን / Covenant
By Yirga Gelaw Woldeyesያኔ በልጅነት ከማሳው ወሰድኸኝ፣
አፈሩን ጨብጠህ እስኪ አሽትተው አልኸኝ።
የድንጋዮቹ ስም የምንጮቹ ታሪክ፣
የአዝርዕቶቹ አይነት የአበባወቹ መልክ፣ -
THE EPIC HIGHS AND LOWS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
By Rebecca Shaw, Freya Daly SadgroveO Riverdale
O Riverdale, American supernatural horror crime drama television series based
on the characters of Archie Comics
O Riverdale streaming on Netflix -
Sun Is Cat Poetry
By Shastra DeoAt the middle point of the last days of autumn my cat
texts me poetry. Saw a bird… effervescent. Sunset
today is rich as Valencia orange cake topped with
blueberry compote. I dreamed I was trotting through -
pinged hammy
By Harry Reidafter Ted Berrigan
Now that the Earth is changing I reckon it’s
time to hang the boots up -
Clean Break
By Julian MatthewsI miss your low drone,
your no-nonsense, business-like growl
Ready to pounce on quarry under the couch
or stick your slanted mouth in to seize -
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so too the sunrise
By Jazz Moneyso too the sunrise
with clarity and promise
of who you will rise to be
so too the breaking night -
Screen Memory
By Anwen CrawfordCathy Moriarty,
18 playing 15
in Scorsese’s Raging Bull –
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The time traveler’s memoir
By Chris TseI remember the moment we learned
how to rewrite our potential—the sky opened up
like time-lapse flowers blooming
in a desaturated landscape—entire timelines -
HHH/KKK
By Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena MossFor Fiona Foley
‘The power to define the other seals one’s definition of oneself – who, then, in such a fearful mathematic is trapped?’
~ James Baldwin -
Pale Blue
By Mark MordueI’m in a pale blue mood
in Leichhardt, in Summer Hills,
a storybook explorer
afternoon sun in my face -
Just another day on tour
By L-FRESH The LIONThey call me Mr Scoville
Aka 7 milly
So fire —
Even Dippin’ Dots are no relief -
New Hope's Black Pit
By Bob BrownThree years ago
the delightful
Darling Downs
village of Acland -
The stars
By Melanie MununggurrAppeared out of nowhere
They came from every direction
Erupted through surfaces
And dove from blackened skies -
When a poet dies
By Juan Garrido-SalgadoTime ceases to be memory.
Motionless words remain there
Diluted pages of the inspiration that one day was.
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Together We Can Walk That Mile
By Sean Choolburrablack man white world
black girl makes a stand
unpaid bills leads
to black out leaves -
Lost in Translation
By Teela ReidI’m bewildered by you
You’re bewildered by me
The difference is
not the colour we see. -
Hi Mum, It's Me
By Jennifer Wong'In 2022, Australians are believed to have lost over $7 million through the now-notorious ‘Hi Mum’ text scam, which dupes victims into sending money to cybercriminals posing as their children.' (SBS News)
“Hi Mum, it’s me,
Your child -
Etched in My Mind
By Charmaine Papertalk GreenI am still thinking about you mother
Slapping me awake 40 years on
New space time moving thataway
