34-37 Degrees South - 2023

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Introduction Between My Country—and the Others— There is a Sea— But Flowers—negotiate between us— As Ministry. Emily Dickinson, Verse 905 Whatever your politics, however you voted on the Voice Referendum, country remains a foremost concern to modern Australians, whether it’s the journey of reconciliation between Australia’s original inhabitants and a settler society, the tension between urban Australians and the bush, or finding ways to nurture country in times of global environmental change. Sometimes country can mean finding a place of comfort; sometimes it can appear as strange and unfamiliar. One of the many delights in editing this volume has been enjoying each poet’s creative response to the theme. Here you’ll find thirty unique perspectives, ranging from the personal and the intimate to the grand; poems about trauma, change and hope, and some wry humour too. The collection is divided into three chapters. ‘You Are Here’ gathers poems with local concerns: the passing of two beloved chickens, swimming in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga Wagga or a salutary re-take on Dorothea Mackellar’s I Love a Sunburnt Country. The poems in ‘Voyages’ explore international concerns: returning to a graveyard in Silesia, learning Spanish at a picnic or remembering a garden in Tokyo. The final chapter, ‘Inland Empires’, explores more personal issues: loss, transitions and the body itself as a territory marked by signs and experience. vi
The editorial committee, Linda Godfrey, Zohra Aly and Peter Frankis would like to thank each of the poets who submitted work to this, our second anthology. To those who were selected, bravo; to those who missed out this time, keep writing, keep working at this most difficult craft. Our thanks also to this year’s reader panel—Linda Albertson, Amelia Fielden, Kai Jensen and Erin Shiel, who along with the Editorial Committee read all the submissions and provided clear feedback and guidance. And a special thanks to Ms Sky Carrall, SCWC’s intern for this project. We hope you enjoy reading these poems and also listening to the poets performing their works and talking about the making of these poems. vii
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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
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Page 37 and 38: neat white-painted house, those oth
Page 39 and 40: an pillows drawers of folded kimono
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Page 45 and 46: The one with the girls: we stopped
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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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