Published in Overland Issue 236 Spring 2019 · Uncategorized Things fall away Anne Elvey the moment a tree consoles with its rooted stem that stands and asserts what you also bear toward the coherence of earth. A mutual ken crosses species between things that travel and things that stay in place. Leaves give wind its multiple voice as they shift your long recollection of a soul’s green night. You are again a girl. Skip Skip Skip the tor on the pavement. Hop Hop Hop over chalked lines. You retreat from old need. A dog rests her head in your lap. A magpie seems to know how you feel about song. Read the rest of Overland 236 If you liked this poem, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four brilliant issues for a year Anne Elvey Anne Elvey is a poet, editor and researcher, living on unceded Bunurong Country. Her most recent poetry collections are Leaf (Liquid Amber Press, 2022) and Obligations of Voice (Recent Work Press, 2021). “Intents” is forthcoming with Liquid Amber Press in 2025. Anne holds honorary appointments at Monash University and University of Divinity, Naarm/Melbourne. https://sunglintdrift.com/ More by Anne Elvey › 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 7 October 2024 · Politics Democracy’s eclipse Neil Vallelly What we learn in these moments of eclipse is that democracy is a flimsy basis upon which to mount a defence of Israeli violence, or, as numerous world leaders put it at the time of the October attack by Hamas, “Israel’s right to defend itself”. In fact, the democracies that are so invested in accentuating Israel’s democratic credentials are the same democracies that sell billions of dollars of weapons to Israel so that they can kill tens of thousands of unarmed civilians, while starving tens of thousands more to death. 4 October 20246 October 2024 · Main Posts Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 longlist Editorial Team Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 and now in its ninth year, recognises the talent of young Indigenous writers across Australia.
