Published in Overland Issue 231 Winter 2018 · Uncategorized Allotment #10 Laurie Duggan A track marked by broken branches traverses Redhill Wood to the pheasant farm; an access road leads to the dismantled Southern Line at Bishopsbourne, home of the orchidist and the church whose organist slipped gently off his organ stool. The Nail Bourne’s waterless this year, up from its bank cubes and cylinders cut from a fallen tree leave a rough negative Image: Blue cascades / flickr Read the rest of Overland 231 If you enjoyed this poem, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four outstanding issues for a year Laurie Duggan Laurie Duggan has lived in Britain for the past twelve years and is about to return to Australia. His most recent book is Selected Poems 1971–2017 (Shearsman, 2018). More by Laurie Duggan › 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 5 June 20265 June 2026 · Friday Fiction Hobo portraits: Treadly Tim & the falling star Patrick Holland We crossed the half-buried railway line and the crazy man known as Treadly Tim turned a corner around the van park on Simeon Street and came toward us on his Malvern Star bicycle. 3 June 20263 June 2026 · Reviews The past in the object: Vanessa Berry’s Calendar Courtney Powell In her latest book, Calendar, Vanessa Berry explores the relationships that are formed between people and material culture, both fleeting and sentimental, and how they can come to represent us.
