Poems
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Assembly (The Modelled Forms)
By Judith Nangala CrispinListen to audio of Judith reading her poem here
There will be no forgiveness. Not for any of us who’ve come here— -
'One final word on the Christmas Island pipistrelle.
By Laura Jean McKayMarch. Zipped wings
your overnight bag.
No sonar nets -
Later, dusk
By Michelle CahillWalk slowly through the day,
take care of yourself, do not count on harm,
things lost are now a small waste to retrieve,
even the ocean is messy, let it teach you to trust -
HOME
By Sara M. SalehI still write to you at times.
I try to make sense
of all your corners, all your years
tucked underneath loss and loss, -
River
By Hope One- Matehaere Hope Haami
I am the river, the river is me,
Ko au te awa, ko te awa ko au -
Olympic Hour
By Bronte CampbellThe lotus flower
Lurks in murk and mud and dark
Biding time, keeping count
‘Til it bursts forth in light and bright and colour -
Cradle of Life
By Archie RoachI go down to the ocean
Here on the sand
Ah my heart is broken
As here I stand -
Bahloo
By Evelyn Araluen~ For Aunty Gloria Matthews
bahloo
I am watching you watch me -
the poem begins with a breathing reef
By Eunice Andradaa new cemetery blooms in the heat
we search for the last traces of colour -
The Portable Home
By Saba VasefiOnce, I went with the wolf to the desert
to take back honey from the bear
but in town my two eyes counted
only for one. At school -
Dreaming Track
By Lorna MunroPlease disregard the disruptions
Disconnect from the obstructions
The growth of this canopy pleads
Unweave the wires that bind -
Akimbo
By Melinda SmithI came to your image pool, seeking. I stood
at the lip. I gazed, and dipped, and snapped,
and bore away with me a woman, in a wardrobe,
in a white bra and panties, a pie plate eclipsing -
Floorboards
By Evie WyldThe dog’s foot scratches on the wood
that the men put in
clay pipes in mouths,
their moustaches and hats. -
Every morning I am reborn
By Eloise GrillsEvery morning I am reborn, must reteach myself to function, must learn
Tiresome tasks that always need to be redone
That are in their doing unlearned and undone
Like Jesus dragging the stone from the door only to be required to attend tedious course after course on proper wound management -
Occupation
By Lisa GortonListen. We can talk here,
this republic in your empire of intention.
Know when you step out of this door again
corridors will take you -
Litany: An Elegy
By Mark TredinnickFor the children
Each tongue, it has been wisely said, speaks galaxies.
And when a language dies, a world—and all that has -
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, -
TikTok Dance
By Maxine Beneba ClarkeDab, dab, shuffle, slide,
left, right, left.
Shuffle, slide, dab, dab,
twirl, kick, step. -
Story Tree
By Ali Cobby Eckermann, Joy HarjoAli, Sister--
I lay my body down. My mind does not slow for sleep. It has no place to rest,
Not in this country, this government, this time of the heavy turning earth.
An eternity can exist in a moment, an hour, or in the song life of the humble -
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