Public poems
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Sun downs
~ Written on Dharawal Country with deep respect to the Dharawal People who always have and will care for the land, seas and skies.
this is the time
of lilly pillies -
Litany: An Elegy
For the children
Each tongue, it has been wisely said, speaks galaxies. -
They say “western sydney”, what they mean is... (remove formatting)
To the people who came before us, who made themselves at home
‘in the tensions of these geographies so we might make our way beyond them’…
(~Natalie Diaz)
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They say “western sydney”, what they mean is... (keep formatting)
To the people who came before us, who made themselves at home
‘in the tensions of these geographies so we might make our way beyond them’…
(~Natalie Diaz)
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luring water (keep formatting)
an empire
disembarks with a
botanist you thrive in
coastal scrub -
Luring water (remove formatting)
an empire
disembarks with a
botanist you thrive in
coastal scrub -
Context in a Broken Duplex (keep formatting)
“Tensions are escalating”. “Mow the grass down.”
Stretch past pain to find poetry, the way home.
Pen the past to find home. Write even the rain. -
Context in a Broken Duplex (remove formatting)
“Tensions are escalating”. “Mow the grass down.”
Stretch past pain to find poetry, the way home.
Pen the past to find home. Write even the rain. -
a water suite (keep formatting)
ocean/saltwater/waitī/mulli tahnee
where i’m from the sand is cold at night, the shells empty, grey
cloud scudding like -
a water suite (remove formatting)
ocean/saltwater/waitī/mulli tahnee
where i’m from the sand is cold at night, the shells empty, grey
cloud scudding like -
The Sleeping City | Australia Street (remove formatting)
I
A waxing crescent moon in a twilight sky still
a vague, lightly glowing shadow of the whole –
its illuminated hemisphere – is visible. As I walk -
The Sleeping City | Australia Street (keep formatting)
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A waxing crescent moon in a twilight sky still
a vague, lightly glowing shadow of the whole –
its illuminated hemisphere – is visible. As I walk -
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It's just a butterfly
By Elizabeth Rogan
A prolific bougainvillea
in High Street pink -
Dazed, Clone and Cape Beach Daisies
By Marie Dustmann
Dazed
Half-dazed by winter sun