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Ruby Moonlight – Short rambles

I have started a course on ‘writing across cultures’ at university. I’m still in the first week of the course but I wanted to discuss the first text we have read, ‘Ruby Moonlight’ by Ali Cobby Eckermann. It’s a story in the form of short poems that tell a story about an aboriginal woman who…

Unseemly Flesh

Sculpted Flesh Taught skin and bone Unfit for soul Without true form or breath Forever less Undone from within by tone And bone, without control A body accursed without death Corruption of blood and forgotten along Prison of flesh and bone Unjust flesh bound to bones of chain Broken words drowned in salt Dragon breath…

The Symphony of Silent Ships

The stars wheel above, their lights interlacing 

Have you not heard of their dance?