Kerry ReedGilbert
ACT | Three poems by Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Thursday, 27 April 2017Kerry Reed-Gilbert reads her poems ‘Wiradjuri Country’, ‘Got ya’, and ‘Just leave your mark here’ for ABR's ACT States of Poetry anthology.
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States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | 'Just leave your mark here' by Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Just leave your mark here
I won’t do you no wrong
I’m a man that you can trust
I’m not like the others
I’m a honourable man
Some people say
there’s no honour among thieves
but let me tell you straight
We, guberment men,
sent by the King we steal their land
by one stroke of the mighty pen.
But don’t tell anybody that.
States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | 'Red Earth' by Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Red Earth
dirt
sunset
sunrise
sunburnt
Old fella
Blackfella
Culture
Creation
Biamie
Dreaming
Belonging
Me.
Kerry Reed-Gilbert
...States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | 'Wiradjuri Country' by Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Wiradjuri country
1,000ks Wiradjuri country
Eagles, angels, sun bursts,
gum trees, geraniums
and a pocket full of poetry.
I travel my country,
my land,
my life,
my religion.
The bush calls me back
to the time of before.
Before tar and cement.
Brick walls and tin roofs.
To the time of Creation
where men were men
a ...
States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | 'Got ya' by Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Got ya
I knew he was mine
frothing at the mouth
(literally speaking)
I was waiting for him
my body ready to strike
Like a leopard
on the verge of attack
I waited, biding my time.
I held my breath.
My muscles taut
prepared to pounce
to strike, to maim.
I knew the moment was at hand
the spirits played around him
States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | 'The old rugged cross' by Kerry Reed-Gilbert
The old rugged cross
When the spirit has been broken
and there’s no place to go
When you look around the world
wondering what went wrong
When your heart is shattered and
torn no patch ever big enough to help it mend.
No bandaid to help it heal.
When tears roll down your face
cascading like a roaring river
When the spirit has been br ...
States of Poetry 2017 - ACT | About Kerry Reed-Gilbert
A Wiradjuri woman from Central New South Wales, Kerry Reed-Gilbert has performed and conducted writing workshops ...
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