Published in Overland Issue 228 Spring 2017 · Uncategorized If you think Chris Edwards In industrialised societies (I say this to his daily activities (setting off alarm bells (wherever mere comes in (he ascribes to his amateurism the right to be a damned fool preconstructing the patriarchy (a little man’s face shows doubt and perspiration becomes more and more the exclusive province (in whose eyes one might ask (incidentally this brings me back to the point whereupon we gaze with scant knowledge of the matriarch’s views at the very words pastime and amateur (which in their darker moments are recognisable to no one (like the Elizabethans and Jacobeans they refute Prince Charles as a menace (e.g. white water rafting, stamp collecting, surfing the internet freely without them (it was all but trifling nonsense anyone could see it was Theory (totally professional (well I know you need the money if you think you can (keep it up Read the rest of Overland 228 If you enjoyed this poem, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four outstanding issues for a year Chris Edwards Chris Edwards is a Sydney-based poet whose publications include People of Earth and After Naptime, both from Vagabond Press. More by Chris Edwards › 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 21 February 202521 February 2025 · The university Closing the noose: a dispatch from the front line of decasualisation Matthew Taft Across the board, universities have responded to legislation aimed at rectifying this already grim situation by halting casual hiring, cutting courses, expanding class sizes, and increasing the workloads of permanent staff. This is an unintended consequence of the legislation, yes, but given the nefarious history of the university, from systemic wage theft to bad-faith bargaining, hardly a surprising one. 19 February 2025 · Disability The devaluing of disability support Áine Kelly-Costello and Jonathan Craig Over the past couple of decades, disabled people in much of the Western world have often sought, or agreed to, more individualised funding schemes in order to gain greater “choice and control” over the support we receive. But the autonomy, dignity and flexibility we were promised seems constantly under threat or out of reach, largely because of the perception that allowing us such “luxuries” is too expensive.
