Carved

By Declan Fry, Craig Santos Perez

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Published 27 June 2023

carved
onto
a fallen
trunk:
a new
topo-
graphy

Project

Our poetic dialogue was mutually influential on both of our writing practices

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Declan Fry

Declan Fry (he/him) is a writer, essayist, and poet. Born on Wongatha…

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Craig Santos Perez

Craig Santos Perez is a scholar, poet and environmentalist, an Indigenous Chamoru…

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Ngurambang yali – Country speaks
~ Jeanine Leane

It’s been too long since I sat on granite in my
Country and thought

Too many years since I breathed this air—
Bunyi-ng—ganha
Felt this dirt—Ngamanhi Dhaagun
Smelt this dust—Budha—nhi Bunan

Listened for the sounds of her words that say
‘Balandha—dhuraay Bumal-ayi-nya Wumbay
abuny (yaboing)’—History does not have the
first claim. Nor the last word.
Nghindhi yarra dhalanbul ngiyanhi gin gu
‘You can speak us now!’

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