Published in Overland Issue Poetry in Lockdown · Poetry Sky updates / blue platform Emily Stewart chain of events against family cold snap foreign investment scratched up car heavy bass toothache serious motive any other secrets? willing or unwilling thumb print the public body breath common flex time ‘spent’ throw it away here on in sun parses everything open question going for broke and at that age embarrassed wind corridor big ask wattle imprimatur tit for tat article what feels easy poem with sand in it writing a poem in the sand scratchy threat on read retrofitting the story stars and stripes project timeline filling a glass at the sink Holocene flush margin char-grilled pineapple shed talk press play please inbox still available checking in ventriloquism quid pro quo Sussan knitwear image of the liver pay for parking daily trope towel, rope, brick thirty minutes expert antibody pleasantries/pleats soft package tentative touch fabric static counter-clockwise blowing up Read the rest of Poetry in Lockdown, edited by Toby Fitch and Melody Paloma If you enjoyed this special edition, subscribe and receive a year’s worth of print issues, the online magazine, special editions and discounted entry to our literary competitions Emily Stewart Emily Stewart is a poet and freelance editor based in Sydney. More by Emily Stewart › 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 25 October 202425 October 2024 · Poetry Phar Lap Ender Başkan we have a horse in our shed dad look dad me and gabe are feeding him grass he likes grass hes eats grass and chaff dad gabe said his name is phar lap dad come on phar lap! i got some grass for yooooou! 18 October 202418 October 2024 · Prizes Announcing the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers 2024 shortlist 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. First prize includes $5000, an optional writing residency at Trinity College, and publication of the successful piece in […]
