Published in Overland Issue 211 Winter 2013 · Uncategorized The shearwaters Jules Leigh Koch the break and enter of a flock of shearwaters migrating across a frozen cube of air the size of a small ocean flying through one vacant block of winter upon another their wings tearing strips of wallpaper from the sky changing the night to day then back again piercing the universe they make an arrow head before reshaping themselves into a long tideline like a driftnet to fish for stars Jules Leigh Koch Jules Leigh Koch is an Adelaide-based poet. More by Jules Leigh Koch › 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 First published in Overland Issue 228 28 September 202328 September 2023 · Cartoons Ban cars from the city Sam Wallman Sam Wallman makes the case for closing the streets off one by one. First published in Overland Issue 228 27 September 2023 · Sport When the sport circus comes on Country Jenny Fraser The next huckster in the carnival of sport is the upcoming 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games. If we want aspects of it to be in line with Aboriginal protocol, we need action from across the four winds of the world. If it’s not done right we need solidarity and protest just the same. We are each other’s safety net in this theatre of sport. As a senior Aboriginal woman activist once told me, ‘we are all only as good as we negotiate’.
