#AustralianWriters
You want a lily And you plead with me ‘Give me my lily back.’ I went to see A friend last night and on her man…
When day is over I climb up the stair, Take off my dark dress, Pull down my hair, Open my window
Standing on tiptoe, head back, eye… Upraised, Kate groped to reach th… Her sleeve slid up like darkness i… At gleam of dawn. Impatient with… For lack of inches, careless of he…
Little girls, You are gay, Little factory girls, At the end of your day. There you stand,
One summer day, along the street, Men pruned the gums To make them neat. The tender branches, white with fl… Lay in the sun
The strike’s done. The men won. The ships sail the sea To bring back What we lack,
Our palm designed to grow In deserts, sent roots seeking far… Channels where waters flow. And in the city found Intricate pipings where the waters…
I have two wings To raise me to the skies. Withouten these My soul could never rise. My shining friends,
This morning I got up before the… Had seized the hill, And scrambled heart-hot, noisy, pa… In sleep laid still. There they lay helpless under the…
Green and blue First-named of colours believe the… They first of colours by men were… This grass colour, tree colour, Sky colour, sea colour,
Today when you went up the hill And all that I could see Was just a speck of black and whit… Very far from me, It seemed more strange than words…
I must be dreaming through the day… And see the world with childish ey… If I’d go singing all my life And my songs be wise And in the kitchen or the house
The little ships are dearer than t… For they sail in strange places, They lean nearer the green waters. One may count by wavelets how the… From their decks; and hear the Se…
They used to say Our mother brought us up like hot-… From day to day Such wondrous cares were ours Her love inspired.
All day long We sew fine muslin up for you to w… Muslin that women wove for you els… A million strong. Just like flames,