Published in Overland Issue 219 Winter 2015 Uncategorized Call me Careo Anna Jackson You call me Careo, from far down the path that was less-travelled once: following it now I tread in the mud made by others since, pushing aside blackberry vines all blossom, no fruit. This is the time of year there are no cicadas, no flies, no crickets at night, no fruit flies on the fruit, no fruit on the ground and the ground is sodden. Mornings are sudden, storms come on slow. Following you means going anywhere to its end – if I cut across the field, I’m heading to the horizon, if entering this cave I’m entering the grave, if putting on these hunting boots, I’ll proceed in measured steps, your absence my metronome. Anna Jackson Anna Jackson is a New Zealand poet and academic. Her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies, and she has also published several collections of poetry in which the subject of family and domestic life is explored. She teaches at Victoria University Wellington. More by Anna Jackson 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 7 February 2023 Aboriginal Australia Victoria police back down, is this a case for defunding? Crystal McKinnon and Meriki Onus After three arduous years, Victoria Police have today withdrawn their charges against two organisers of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protest. Whilst we welcome their decision, we note that their mediocrity gave them no other option. Emboldened by their state-sanctioned impunity, Victoria Police’s ineptitude hit a dead end. Pigs cannot fly. First published in Overland Issue 228 6 February 20237 February 2023 Aboriginal Australia Winaga-li Gunimaa Gali: listen, hear, think, understand from our sacred Mother Earth and our Water Winaga-li Gunimaa Gali Collective To winaga-li, Gomeroi/Kamilaroi people must be able to access Gunimaa. They must be able to connect and re-connect. Over 160 years of colonisation has privileged intensive agriculture, grazing and heavily extractive water management regimes, enabled by imposed property regimes and governance systems. Gunimaa and Gali still experience the violent repercussions of these processes, including current climate changes which are exacerbating impacts, as droughts become longer, floods and heat extremes become more intense, and climatic zones shift, impacting on species’ viability and biodiversity.