Published in Overland Issue 202 Autumn 2011 · Writing / Main Posts I Came Home with the Shopping Jennifer Compton And I said to him as he opened the front door – Do you remember what day it is tomorrow? And he said – No. What day is it? Then I said – Do you remember who you married? Yes – he said. Yes. I do remember her. And then we both said – How many years is it? Should we do something? – he said. No – I said. Let’s just do what we always do. I like doing that. Jennifer Compton Jennifer Compton lives in Melbourne. Her 11th book of poetry a moment, taken was published by Recent Work Press in 2021. More by Jennifer Compton › 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 11 December 202411 December 2024 · Writing The trouble Ken Bolton’s poems make for me, specifically, at the moment Linda Marie Walker These poems doom me to my chair and table and computer. I knew it was all downhill from here, at this age, but it’s been confirmed. My mind remains town-size, hemmed in by pine plantations and kanite walls and flat swampy land and hills called “mountains”. 4 October 202418 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.
