Published in Overland Issue 228 Spring 2017 · Uncategorized Breath Allis Hamilton i m i t c t f t t i c o n y n h r o a h h o f e a l e e w u w b S c s l o l y i r i f k p i l f n d o n e b r i e n o a d u t a e e g a g c l e i r e t r e k a l r r h i z f a l i c n a i o i s s n i o a w f n r n g f m m h o w g f c e e e r h m t r a o w n m e e i h o l f e t b s n a l i z l o y i r e s e t l a i t s n t h i l i s t h c h e v e t a b a l m i e a s y u i i r i i s s d r b s s o m s t n t b u a t a t i y l m h n t r h t n o e i e d e o s e h k u n a n r e l r o u r b e i f s d r g s n e l o g n m f a a u a i o t s n o m s r h s d n e t t y y c i o g c f n r e o d o r e u n n w s d e e e s k s Read the rest of Overland 228 If you enjoyed this poem, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four outstanding issues for a year Allis Hamilton Allis Hamilton is an artist, musician, and teller of folk tales. She collects memories and discarded nests. She is a joint convener of ‘PoetiCas’, Castlemaine’s Poetry Readings. Her poems are published in Australia, England and Ireland. More by Allis Hamilton › 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 19 June 2026 · Friday Poetry The strains of surrealism in sad realities John Kinsella Near the shooting range / alongside the deadpanned river / whited-out with salinity, / a triptych of three blue trees ... 17 June 2026 · The university Financial power in the public university: the case of ANU Beck Pearse The deeper problem is institutional. Universities have elaborate mechanisms for scrutinising knowledge claims circulating between staff and students. But we have remarkably weak mechanisms for scrutinising the financial assumptions through which executive power is exercised.