Published in Overland Issue 208 Spring 2012 · Uncategorized without a city wall Julie Maclean on the road to Ballarat the argument thick between us we take a wrong corner five bald hills bright white turbines stand still like the crucifix waiting for the infidel then one by one east to west they turn happy to earn their keep stop the speculation over the fence four lambs not yet shorn lay down across the field of fluoro canola a pillar of smoke leans over Julie Maclean Julie Maclean is originally from the UK and now based on the Surf Coast. In 2012 her full-length manuscript was shortlisted for the Crashaw Prize and the PressPress Chapbook Award. In 2010 she was shortlisted for the Whitmore Press Manuscript Prize. Her poetry and fiction has been widely published in Australia and the UK, including The Best Australian Poetry. Her blog is juliemacleanwriter.com More by Julie Maclean › 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 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. 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
