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Posted on December 13, 2013 at 13:12 0 Comments 2 Likes
....Made it into the local paper for winning a young adults poetry competition. Over a hundred entered, the theme being family and culture. Awesome! :D
Posted on August 30, 2013 at 15:22 0 Comments 0 Likes
For a long time I didn’t know if I was saying
God or Hello,
Till someone told me it was ‘k’.
I’m still saying Bog to both locals; farmers, elders or tricycle riders,
and to the strangers, never seen twice, in my streets.
…
Posted on August 30, 2013 at 15:18 0 Comments 0 Likes
The tower rises out like an obelisk:
a pin in a sea of terracotta roofs.
We rush to it, exploring the church courtyards
away from the sweeps of shutter speeds and blitzes. *
My sister tries to act casual as she puts her hand on the handle,
frozen in that pose, the perfect D.P for F.B,
till the green doors
crack open.
We slip between the folds
of church spire…
ContinuePosted on August 30, 2013 at 15:16 0 Comments 0 Likes
Finding the Orion,
that first night in Brisbane,
caught my parents by surprise.
Looking up: which land am I on?
Every year or so their fingers point
and retrace specks to me,
coordinates of home.
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