Student poems
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Murray River flows through my country
By Anonymous student (Reiby Youth Justice Centre – Dorchester School)Murray River flows through my country
Munya bila yanhanha wuruwin dhi Ngurangbang
Worms slow
Dhurrung yindyana -
Group fire poem
By Reiby students (Reiby Youth Justice Centre – Dorchester School)Bimbali winha birrabang wuruwin dyiraany dhi gibirbang wayan balungin waangandarra bundarra birrang wuruwin murruwa
(fire burning outside through mountain, my people lost dying, tormenting cloud smoke through wind)
Staring into the bright orange and yellow flame the mellow smell of the smoke drowns the sorrow away. The sensation of the smoke heighte… -
The tide comes and goes
By Anonymous student (Reiby Youth Justice Centre – Dorchester School)The tide comes and goes just like most of us here.
We are a part of a cycle that flows with friendships and connections
from across different cultures like currents that move you from place to place.
It moves and flows as it dances like the rhythm of songlines. -
As I’m standing there in shock
By Anonymous student (Reiby Youth Justice Centre – Dorchester School)As I’m standing there in shock,
my heart trying to break through the ice as it plays a rhythm
thrud thrud thrud thrud.
Standing there, alone.