States of Poetry WA
States of Poetry WA Podcast | Two poems by John Kinsella
Thursday, 28 December 2017John Kinsella reads his poems 'Swimming Pool' and 'Graphology Endgame 100: I am a dickhead' which feature in series two of the Western Australian States of Poetry anthology.
States of Poetry WA Podcast | Three poems by Annamaria Weldon
Thursday, 28 December 2017Annamaria reads her poems 'Goddess we trample', 'stone mother tongue', and 'In the National Museum of Maltese Archaeology' which feature in series two of the Western Australian States of Poetry anthology.
States of Poetry WA Podcast | Two poems by Lucy Dougan
Thursday, 28 December 2017Lucy Dougan reads her poems 'Your bed' and 'The Throne' which feature in series two of the Western Australian States of Poetry anthology.
States of Poetry WA Podcast | Two poems by Josephine Clarke
Thursday, 28 December 2017Josephine Clarke reads her poems 'Cantonment Hill' and 'On that last morning' which feature in series two of the Western Australian States of Poetry anthology.
States of Poetry WA Podcast | Four poems by Chris Arnold
Thursday, 28 December 2017Chris Arnold reads his poems 'pinned', 'derailed', 'ampersand', and 'Reason 6' which feature in series two of the Western Australian States of Poetry anthology.
States of Poetry WA | State Editor Kevin Brophy introduces series two of the WA anthology
Thursday, 28 December 2017In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, State Editor Kevin Brophy introduces the second series of ABR's Western Australian States of Poetry anthology.
'Sun poem' by Edwin Lee Mulligan | States of Poetry WA - Series Two
Taking on a transformation as an eagle and in that formation I was traveling within the cloud dust: and within the cloud dust there were small balls of lights. They were so small, as small as the smallest grain of sand. I myself was one of many divided as a matrix, scattered throughout and far reaches of the universe. We were all moving and weaving continually as if someone was making a dress o ...
'Dungkabah' by Edwin Lee Mulligan | States of Poetry WA - Series Two
There’s two points of view about country, there’s a whitefella way of looking at country: seeing country as commodity, things they can take from the land and what they can make of it that can be useful. In my country there’s a lot of minerals. From diamond, gold, copper, oil, you name it. It’s all there for the taking. There is also uranium and gas. This country is very rich they say. B ...
'Blanket story' by Edwin Lee Mulligan | States of Poetry WA - Series Two
Sleeping under a blanket, half asleep, I wrapped myself tightly, feeling the warmth after a cold night. I thought I was in a dream and wished it would be a good one. And as I spoke to myself about what this generation had to do with me, and the purpose in this life I’ve been given, all of a sudden I went into a deep dream. It happened so fast, it was like being sucked into a tunnel through a ...
'Jimadilung' by Edwin Lee Mullian | States of Poetry WA - Series Two
It’s been years and it’s never been raining, a sign of weather patterns at work in the creamy blue skies. An elder looked up and noticed a single cloud formation appeared. It was going towards a significant place. The cloud was very small and very dark and yet it still didn’t rain.
On this earth we walk the grassy plains with sun bleached sensitive skin sucked up by the heat, and ...