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Barrina South

Barrina South is a Barkindji poet who lives in Queanbeyan. Makarra is her debut poetry collection and has received recognition, being shortlisted in the 2025 Mary Gilmore Poetry Award, 2025 Highly Commended in the Anne Elder Award, Highly Commended in the 2025 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, won the 2025 ACT Literary Awards for Poetry, and shortlisted in the 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry.

‘In the night air by the smoke’: Amelia Walker in Conversation with Barrina South

I also want to acknowledge Ngunawal and Ngambri people and recognise that I live and write on their unceded sovereign lands.

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Oak Trees and Gum Trees

modest conversations with interruptions static broken sentences and silence I ask her to read to me 100 poems by 100 poets she does while tying crystals to my ankles I sink like a ghostly shipwreck settled on the ocean floor …

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Weereewaa

respectfully yuma weereewaa filled from the rain lost under the sun restricted flow shallow but with a deep history evidence suspended in the silt pollen and ash worked stone eagles circle, watching lake’s large mouth, calls it’s tongue licks at …

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Oak Trees and Gum Trees

modest conversations with interruptions static broken sentences and silence I ask her to read to me 100 poems by 100 poets she does while tying crystals to my ankles I sink like a ghostly shipwreck settled on the ocean floor …

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Paper boats

at dusk we launch paper boats with the free-flowing words inscribed in charcoal last of the daylight allows us to watch them set sail into the night we wait for the water to swallow them solace knowing our words would …

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