Poems
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sun glint drift
By Anne Elveya name for what speaks this day to
water
as creek replies
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Nyarlu Malga (Strong Woman)
By Charmaine Papertalk GreenABA a women’s daily dance for good BARNDIMANMANHA
JUGARNU Spirits move within the memory ground NHANGANHA
JURDU Country bush broom stirs dust and land WINDI-WINDIN
NYARLU Universe sweeping with grandmothers hand JUNDANMANHA -
Birrarung Billabong
By Tony BirchSitting with your open coffin thinking and not thinking I want to be with the world and you. I knock against the grain of wood and want to know if you remember the day we took the bikes to the river and rode along the bank against a current willing us home to safety. At the billabong we circled sacred water, threw away our shoes and socks and spla… -
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How Water Works
By Tony Birchcup a hand
skin and bone
this water well
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Muru Nanga Mai (Dreaming Track)
By Lorna MunroBulima Spirit Land D'harawal interpretations by Shannon Foster
Bulima Spirit Land D'harawal interpretations by Shannon Foster
muru nanga mai -
a water suite
By Evelyn Araluen, Anahera Gildeaocean/saltwater/waitī/mulli tahnee
where i’m from the sand is cold at night, the shells empty, grey
cloud scudding like