Published in Overland Issue 219 Winter 2015 · Uncategorized Flow Airini Beautrais To the stone, to the hill, to the heap, to the seep, to the drip, to the weep, to the rock, to the rill, to the fell, to the wash, to the splash, to the rush, to the bush, to the creep, to the hush; to the down, to the plain, to the green, to the drift, to the rift, to the graft, to the shift, to the break, to the shake, to the lift, to the fall, to the roll, to the wall, to the cleft, to the call; to the bend, to the wend, to the wind, to the run, to the roam, to the rend, to the seam, to the foam, to the scum, to the moss, to the mist, to the grist, to the grind, to the grain, to the dust; to the core, to the gorge, to the grove, to the cave, to the dive, to the shore, to the grave, to the give, to the leave, to the oar, to the song, to the tongue, to the ring, to the roar, to the sung; to the surge, to the flood, to the blood, to the urge to the rage, to the rod, to the rood, to the vein, to the chain, to the town, to the wide, to the tide, to the breadth, to the depth, to the side; to the neap, to the spring, to the deep, to the drag, to the fog, to the stick, to the slick, to the log, to the twig, to the tug, to the roil, to the shell, to the swell, to the ebb, to the well, to the sea. Airini Beautrais More by Airini Beautrais › 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 26 July 202426 July 2024 · Poetry Song of despair πO A new poem by πO 24 July 202424 July 2024 · pop culture Swamp monster of the rock’n’roll de/generation Rock Chugg In the 1980s, a horrible time was had by all. Yet the assorted Australian talent for making the best of a bad thing, gave us the most important and characteristic popular music genre, locals have (n)ever known.