Published in Overland Issue 247 Winter 2022 · Poetry Poetry | Column irrelevant Yeena Kirkbright Words collected from ‘It’s so hip to be black’ by Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun, 15 April 2009. Meet now Wiradjuri Country. Auburn and charmingly freckled Country. Fair open air and Swallow Country. Take-me-as-I-am naked Country. Law Country. Creator sprit Country. Chosen Country. Colour awakening fullblood Country. Hailed and harping proud to be Country. Heartfelt firebrand beyond black and white Country. Ancestors deepest old Country. Mother Father Great-Grandfather Country. Australia. Yeena Kirkbright Yeena Kirkbright is a Wiradjuri woman living on Gadigal Land, who grew up on Country in Central West NSW. She uses poetry to document her personal journey, exploring gender, identity, place, cultural displacement, and decolonisation. More by Yeena Kirkbright › 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 16 August 202416 August 2024 · Poetry pork lullaby Panda Wong but an alive pig / roots in the soil /turning it over / with its snout / softening the ground / is this a hymn 26 July 202426 July 2024 · Poetry Song of despair πO A new poem by πO