Once upon a time there was a little girl who did not belong. The villagers found her lying on the banks of the great green river that flowed into the sea. She was found one morning after a night of heavy mist, her long brown [...]
This poem won the 2011 Perilously Short (Nature) Writing Competition sponsored by Perilous Adventures Magazine. Southern seas baptise her. Tall forests cloak her green. Karri, marri, jarrah – sound their names like psalms in a landscape that maps longing into deep belonging. She is a [...]