Language learning connects to culture and country
Kirli Saunders, founder of the Red Room Poetry’s Poetry in First Languages project, discusses the importance of First Nations language education and creative expression.
Tag Archives: poetry – Page 3
Unbind
A new poem from children’s author, poet, educator and First Nations cultural consultant Kirli Saunders from her upcoming book Kindred.
Indelible
This latest poem by Tessa Flemming delves into the unforgettable nature of trauma and is inspired by Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Brett Kavanaugh.
Russian Protest Artists
This poem from Kim Waters explores the importance of freedom of speech and artistic expression.
The Raptures of the Weapon
Poet Les Wicks questions blind certainties that can lead to violence and hate.
The Asylum Poems
With unflinching focus, these poems by Lisa Jacobson depict the plight of those seeking asylum in Australia.
Stones
Jordan Roux questions the death penalty through the last words of 21 Texan inmates executed by lethal injection.
Redemption
Poet Sanam Sharma explores the meaning of democracy when religious and communal segregation is used within communities.
David
Poet Andy Jackson writes about bodily difference and in his latest collection he explores Marfan Syndrome through a series of portraits.
What Water Brings
West Australian award-winning writer and educator Reneé Pettitt-Schipp writes about her experience teaching English and Art to asylum seeker and islander students on Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands from 2011 to 2014.