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 5 February 20255 February 2025 · Art A poetic argument for restitution: Isaac Julien at the MCA Sarah Schmidt Once Again... (Statues Never Die) invites viewers to engage deeply, rewarding those willing to invest time contemplating its layered narratives. Transformative in its complexity, seductive in its visual literacy, it offers a space for empathy, education, and debate, emphasising how museums can serve as platforms for confronting contested histories and inspiring social change. 4 February 20254 February 2025 · Indigenous Australia Teaching Palestine on stolen Indigenous lands Charlotte Mertens Refusal is not only possible, it generates different worlds. Refusal insists on the possibility of alternative anti-colonial futures and ways of being. Refusing the University’s erasure of Palestine involves a collective effort in thinking on how we will teach Palestine, the ongoing settler colonial violence and what this means for a place like Australia.
