Tired of feeling guilty, all the time - Overland literary journal

the jumpers I lent never find their way back

barely rehearsed, cold

overwhelmed I wasn’t ready for

the day has become tight

trying to force open a poem

the airtime in my mind:

vilify, vilify, vilify

can’t control

clenching jaw

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256 Spring 2024

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Overland 256 is the third issue in a suite of four special editions dedicated to commemorating 70 years of Overland. Inside its pages you'll find: Daniel Browning on the politics of memory, Antonia Pont on impatience, Sarah Wehbe on Palestinian fury and joy, and a special editorial by our departing poetry editor Toby Fitch. There's also new short fiction from Rowan MacDonald, Bethany Lalor and Amalia Stone, and new poetry from Josie Suzanne, Tim Loveday, Lulu Houdini and more.