Published in Overland Issue · Uncategorized If you think Chris Edwards In industrialised societies (I say this to his daily activities (setting off alarm bells (wherever mere comes in (he ascribes to his amateurism the right to be a damned fool preconstructing the patriarchy (a little man’s face shows doubt and perspiration becomes more and more the exclusive province (in whose eyes one might ask (incidentally this brings me back to the point whereupon we gaze with scant knowledge of the matriarch’s views at the very words pastime and amateur (which in their darker moments are recognisable to no one (like the Elizabethans and Jacobeans they refute Prince Charles as a menace (e.g. white water rafting, stamp collecting, surfing the internet freely without them (it was all but trifling nonsense anyone could see it was Theory (totally professional (well I know you need the money if you think you can (keep it up Read the rest of Overland 228 If you enjoyed this poem, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four outstanding issues for a year Chris Edwards Chris Edwards is a Sydney-based poet whose publications include People of Earth and After Naptime, both from Vagabond Press. More by Chris Edwards › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 18 December 202418 December 2024 · Nakata Brophy Prize Dawning in the rivulet of my father’s mourning Yasmin Smith My father floats words down Toonooba each morning. They arrive to me by noon. / Nothing diminishes in his unfolding, not even the currents in midwinter June. / He narrates the sky prehistorically like a cadence cutting him into deluge. 16 December 202416 December 2024 · Palestine Learning to see in the dark Alison Martin Images can represent a splice of reality from the other side of the world, mirror truths about ourselves and our collective humanity we can hardly bear to face. But we can also use them to recognise the patterns of dehumanisation that have manifested throughout history, and prevent their awful conclusions in the present. To rewrite in real time our most shameful histories before they are re-made on the world stage and in our social media feeds.
