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 First published in Overland Issue 228 28 March 202428 March 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body. First published in Overland Issue 228 27 March 202427 March 2024 · Cartoons Visas for Palestinians: let them in Sam Wallman Sam Wallman makes the case for a visa scheme for Palestinians fleeing the war on Gaza.