Ali Cobby Eckermann

Aug 25, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ali Cobby Eckermann

Blood Stained Hills (present tense) And we forage here on these blood stained hills Hills that roll smooth and treeless with truth As a warmth arrives on the Ancestral wind Mouthing memories of their blood and mine I carry the prized digging stick of my grandmother Her handprint and my handprint combined A promise of happiness I followed her here Incarnate by history and this new child inside And we forage here on these blood stained hills Searching for the bird sounds that she had heard To...

Mar 7, 2024 | overland.org.au | Gareth Morgan |Nam Le |Ali Cobby Eckermann

after Michael Farrellas if a poem were a person, me, i get up in the morningi buy coffee in a can, and waityou have to keep calm, “don’t get upset”or it fucks everything up. the bosses who tell me thisare wise but stupid troopers. this is a political poemthis is a work poem. poetry is my jobi give you my best poetry worker impressioni say: “you can invest in anything.

Feb 16, 2024 | overland.org.au | Nam Le |Ali Cobby Eckermann |Ender Başkan

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