Dice playing
By Virginia LoweAfter an unprecedented bushfire season, the curious protagonist of Dr Virgina Lowe’s prose poems considers our planet, the climate crisis and chance.
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Guluk naksa
By Leila LoisIn her poems, Leila explores a personal sense of origin that, like the ocean, binds several landscapes and times, coming back to the idea that a timeless, boundless love pervades.
Blackout
By Bänoo ZanBänoo Zan’s poem was written in the aftermath of countrywide protests against the sudden steep rise of fuel prices in Iran on November 15. Authorities shut down the Internet of the whole country and embarked on a horrific killing spree. Amnesty International has so far verified 208 deaths in less than a week.
the police do not intervene
By Sandra RenewAlthough Sandra Renew’s poem is a response to the police-led violence of the Bjelke-Petersen era in Queensland, it remains relevant to recent protests in which police seek to silence dissent.
New Start
By Jasmine ShirrefsJasmine Shirrefs writes about their experience of being on the Centrelink unemployed pension.
Depends On How Many Kittens
By Jane StruthersThis story follows Luke, whose legal name is Leila, as he navigates what it means to be trans as a young person in the school yard and at the gender diverse clinic. We see the prejudice and pressures that can exist in both places.
Rising
By Sandra RenewSandra Renew’s poem ’Rising’ portrays a parched planet, and explores the way the climate crisis is changing our environment.
My Feelings are Orchestral.
By Billy PillarThrough the lilting analogy of the orchestra, this piece examines the interwoven nature of relationships with family, mental health and music.
We are Aisha, Katherine, Elizabeth, Rachel and Lili
By Amirah Al WassifIn Amirah Al Wassif’s poem, she captures the cadence of many women’s voices and unites them all with a sense of resilience and hope.
Bidjara Dreaming
By Leroy WilsonBidjara Dreaming is a poem based off true stories handed down to Leroy Wilson from his grandfather and great-grandmother from the Bidjara country
Close the Inquest
By Alison WhittakerSome observations from Awabakal Country, at the delivery of the findings of the inquest into the death of Rebecca Maher.
Eurydice on Wangetti Beach
By Claire HansenClaire Hansen’s poem ‘Eurydice on Wangetti Beach’ considers the intersections of Greek mythology and contemporary sexual violence, as they play out on a Queensland beach.