Published in Overland Issue 211 Winter 2013 · Uncategorized Watching the players Cameron Lowe The men talking on the porch in the pool of light. Things they have said, things that reach out to wealth, to greed – Beyond, the night clings to a yellow moon. It is the kind of talk that folds over itself, rising to mere noise – In the darkness leaves touch and part, lights of cars pass. And in the blur of words, the way those hands move is a thing to watch – It is a thing to hear the leaves shift in the night, to believe in that yellow moon. Cameron Lowe Cameron Lowe lives in Geelong. Circle Work, his second book-length collection of poetry, was published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2013. More by Cameron Lowe › 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 3 March 20253 March 2025 · Cartoons RIP woke, methed-up Ned Kelly Sam Wallman and Reuben Winmar Upon visiting the State Library of Victoria on a warm December morning, Sam Wallman and Reuben Winmar speculate on what Ned Kelly might get up to if he was alive today. 27 February 202527 February 2025 · ecology Keeping it in the ground: pasts, presents and futures of Australian uranium Nicholas Herriot Uranium has come a long way from the “modern Midas mineral” of the 1950s. However, in an increasingly dangerous, militaristic and volatile world, it remains a lucrative and potentially lethal metal. And it is so important precisely because of its contested past and possible futures.