34-37 Degrees South - 2023
This anthology from the South Coast Writers Centre presents fresh country poetry from emerging and award-winning local writers.
This anthology from the South Coast Writers Centre presents fresh country poetry from emerging and award-winning local writers.
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walking country<br />
Judi Morison<br />
at the waterhole<br />
feet tread black soil, connect with earth<br />
walaaybaaga ngiyani yanawaanha<br />
we are walking country<br />
we call out to the Old Ones<br />
tell them our names<br />
ask them to guide us<br />
follow bandaarr tracks along the bank<br />
past boundary-markers<br />
—gulabaa, bilaarr, yarraan<br />
past wounds proud on scar trees<br />
that gifted tools the people shaped<br />
—coolamon, shield, canoe<br />
we make a fire and sit<br />
while sweet smoke whispers<br />
welcome home<br />
listen to the creek<br />
hold its breath<br />
as it rests in morning light<br />
until a skein of wood ducks<br />
soars, pulsates<br />
arcs across the sky<br />
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