Poems
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Bees of the Antipodes
By Shaine MelroseI water my vegetables, fill bird bath, collect myself from doubt,
human, flood, drought. I watch two bees working the same pollen-
less flower, fly east, then west, north-south, their sacks empty.
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Am I Rebellion?
By Blake NutoWhen the flames tore through
there were shattered china plates
and fine blown glass in the soil.
And wild things cut their paws. -
With Change
By Aurora Liddle-ChristieThe land is crying for us to care
care that blood waters its soil more than rain
The seasons have shifted, but humanity stays the same
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Effie Wakes at Midnight
By Kate FaganThe moon is one eye of a river trout.
Clouds are a scaly puzzle,
boobooks in the Jungle
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Blue Quandong
By Sarah Holland-BattNights here are long—
starlight frays the palms,
sky a black sarong
shaken out to dry. -
Gugara Kuragia
By Nicole Smede~ This song is loosely based on Nicole Smede's PIFL commissioned poem 'Wuri Rising' with Gumea Dharawal interpretations supported by Jacob Morris.
Djurawalinyang by bulladiri gambi
djurawalinyang garululli -
I hear them sigh
By Audrey MolloyThe trees know more than us.
They watch in hushful envy,
Wonder why we mimic them
Rooted and silent. -
Mosaic of Secrets
By Dakota FeirerStop
“Who are you?”
You are not alone,
far from home, yet safe -
Living Literature
By Jeanine Leanetrees are old stories
pods and seeds are words that grow
bark chapters fall to earth
turn to dust scatter and renew -
Fleeting beauty
By Kirli SaundersSingle blossom
upon cherry tree,
how lonely it must be