34-37 Degrees South - 2023

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Published 2023 by South Coast Writers Centre, southcoastwriters.org Copyright © 2023. All rights reserved. Copyright of individual poems is retained by the authors. Cover image: Ash Taylor, Mural Port Kembla 2022 (detail). Part of the Wonderwalls Project Port Kembla 2022 commissioned by Wollongong City Council as part of its public art program. The mural is located on the corner of Wentworth Street and Church Street Port Kembla. Ash Taylor is a muralist and multi-disciplinary artist captivated and inspired by the beauty found in Australian landscapes and our natural environment. http://ashtaylr.com ISBN: 978-0-9803987-7-9 Photo credits. All photos Peter Frankis except p.1, David Clode https://unsplash.com/@davidclode Typesetting: Peter Frankis Printed: Print Media, Wollongong ii
Acknowledgement of Country This publication was produced on unceded Wadi Wadi land and the poems were written by poets living and working on the unceded lands of Aboriginal people throughout the South Coast, Illawarra and Southern Highlands of NSW and wider parts of Australia. On behalf of the poets in this edition, the editors acknowledge and pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and Elders of these lands, our nation’s first storytellers and poets, and their continued spiritual and cultural connection to, and custodianship of, Country. iii
Page 3: 34-37 DEGREES SOUTH COUNTRY 2023 An
Page 8 and 9: Introduction Between My Country—a
Page 10 and 11: Contents Acknowledgement of Country
Page 13 and 14: 1. YOU ARE HERE 1
Page 15 and 16: and opposite, with rippling wake he
Page 17 and 18: at wagga beach Tim Heffernan on the
Page 19 and 20: Winter solstice Kai Jensen The cale
Page 21 and 22: My Country Not My Country Stephen M
Page 23 and 24: Notes. The Goanna Man and the Black
Page 25 and 26: Funeral birds Alisha Brown There ar
Page 27 and 28: Note. Meaghan Holt is a poet, perfo
Page 29 and 30: southerly change hints chill winds
Page 33 and 34: 2. VOYAGES
Page 35 and 36: for the guests on a plate from next
Page 37 and 38: neat white-painted house, those oth
Page 39 and 40: an pillows drawers of folded kimono
Page 41 and 42: Princes Highway / Sunset / Winter E
Page 43 and 44: After the funeral Linda Albertson (
Page 45 and 46: The one with the girls: we stopped
Page 47 and 48: Many Syrians left their homes becau
Page 51: 3. INLAND EMPIRES
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Memento mori with swallowtail butte
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Strange country Kathleen Bleakley D
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‘Life’s a beach, and then you d
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My country Bríd Morahan Warm breez
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On the poet’s country Moira Kirkw
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Originally from Aotearoa New Zealan
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Linda Mcquarrie-Bowerman lives and
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The Editors Linda Godfrey lives and
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