Published in Overland Issue 248 Spring 2022 · Poetry Poetry | Flag mask Paul Magee The day I took my students to hear Question Time A Minister, Peter Dutton, said inhibited for inhabited but of course he’s not in relation to Operation Overarch and seventeen of the two hundred islands between Australia and PNG that might harbour agents of the COVID disease— that port that report. Obariginal. Parliamental privilege and keeping the them out of us. And I have always believed in protecting violence against protecting against violence against women, Mister Speaker, Mister Speaker! Paul Magee Paul Magee is author of Suddenness and the Composition of Poetic Thought (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), Stone Postcard (John Leonard Press, 2014), Cube Root of Book (John Leonard Press, 2008) and From Here to Tierra Del Fuego (University of Illinois Press, 2000). He teaches poetry at the University of Canberra. More by Paul Magee › 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 6 November 20246 November 2024 · Poetry TV Times Kate Lilley I try out for Can Can after school / knowing I’m not cut out for the high kicks / Ballads chansons show tunes ok / I can belt out Judy Garland and all the songs from Oliver / “Who Will Buy”/”As Long as He Needs Me” / Wher-e-e-e-ere is love 25 October 20244 November 2024 · Poetry Phar Lap Ender Başkan we have a horse in our shed dad look dad me and gabe are feeding him grass he likes grass he eats grass and chaff dad gabe said his name is phar lap dad come on phar lap! i got some grass for yooooou!
