States of Poetry 2016 SA Podcast | 'Babysitting' by Jelena Dinic
In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Jelena Dinic reads her poem 'Babysitting' which features in the 2016 South Australian anthology.
Babysitting
for Mia
I wore my grandmother's clothes
and sat on her doorstep.
Monday to Friday.
She talked.
I lied.
'I'll teach you how to write,' I said
pretending I could
hold a pen.
'Mouse will eat your ears,' she smiled.
At night we leaned on pillows
watched TV with subtitles.
I made up foreign words.
I told her it was mostly German.
'Tell me more', she said.
'Tomorrow,' I said.
'Tomorrow is Saturday,' she replied.
Jelena Dinic
'Babysitting' appears in 'States of Poetry - SA'. You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full anthologies here
Read Jelena Dinic's biography in 'States of Poetry - SA'
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