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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The Country Upstairs<br />
Amelia Fielden<br />
spring-time now<br />
in my other country<br />
the iris<br />
will be winding in bloom<br />
along Meiji Garden’s stream<br />
sixty years since<br />
my hosts took me to that shrine<br />
then Shibuya,<br />
showing off the wonders<br />
of post-war Tokyo<br />
sixty years<br />
exploring from Hokkaido<br />
to Kyushu,<br />
discovering what it is to love<br />
a foreign country<br />
in my southern home<br />
on sleepless nights I count<br />
rosary beads<br />
of natsukashii scents:<br />
new-woven tatami<br />
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