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Samantha Faulkner

Samantha Faulkner is a Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal woman, from Badu and Moa Islands in the Torres Strait and the Yadhaigana and Wuthathi peoples of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. She is the proud author of Life B’long Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait, (Aboriginal Studies Press, July 2007) and editor of Pamle: Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra (2018). Her poetry and short stories have been published nationally (in Cordite Poetry Review, Verity La, Canberra Times and Rabbit Journal) and internationally (in Ora Nui: A Collection of Maori and Aboriginal Literature and Narrative Witness: International Writing Program, University of Iowa). She is a member of the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Network, MARION (formerly ACT Writers), and the ACT Writers Centre Board. She is the Treasurer of First Nations Australia Writers Network and Us Mob Writing Group.

Fire

Fire Fire cleanses Burns Fire destroys Rids everything Just everything It can’t be controlled Can only be feared A mind of its own No oxygen Hard to breath Combustible material to consume Mesmerises, hypnotises Seduces, destroys It will eat you …

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Coral Spawn

Have you ever seen the coral spawn? Swum at night through the cloud? Engaging embracing this moment Yet trying to not take anything with you I wonder what you felt? Was it exciting to see this rare event? Was it …

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The beauty of Ghost Nets

Staring at beauty on the walls Hanging in the air, suspended I am amazed, gobsmacked, floored So small, big, colourful In many forms, shapes, sizes Once was junk but now no more From the beaches of Zenadth Kes To museums, …

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‘Share what you’ve learned’: Amelia Walker in Conversation with Samantha Faulkner

Samantha Faulkner is a writer and poet from Badu and Moa Islands in the Torres Strait and the Yadhaigana and Wuthuthi/Wuthati peoples of Cape York Peninsula. She is the author of Life B’Long Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait (Aboriginal Studies Press, 2007) and editor of Pamle: Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra (Kuracca, 2018) as well as the forthcoming nonfiction anthology Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia (Black Inc, 2024).

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He was tall for his age Or so she thought Blue eyes in the shape of almonds Rare but seen before Brown skin not black Not white either Curly hair, soft to touch All dark with shades of sun Confident …

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