Published in Overland Issue 201 Summer 2010 · Writing / Main Posts A dream of 1943 Geoff Page They have no wish to hide themselves; they’re happy in their work. One I see, fresh out from town, is slick with soap and splashed Cologne. The others rub him on the ears (it’s all in monochrome) tousling his hair and joking men and women both, the female faces round as plates, the men more horse-like in their features. I’m free, it seems, to walk around. The slaughter is industrial and on the other side of sound. Geoff Page Geoff Page is a Canberra-based poet. His most recent works include Agnostic Skies (Five Islands Press), Seriatim (Salt) and 60 Classic Australian Poems (UNSW Press). More by Geoff Page › 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 11 December 202411 December 2024 · Writing The trouble Ken Bolton’s poems make for me, specifically, at the moment Linda Marie Walker These poems doom me to my chair and table and computer. I knew it was all downhill from here, at this age, but it’s been confirmed. My mind remains town-size, hemmed in by pine plantations and kanite walls and flat swampy land and hills called “mountains”. 4 October 202418 October 2024 · Main Posts Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 longlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its ninth year, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia.
