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States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'Buffalo Milk' by Ellen van Neerven

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States of Poetry Podcast - Series One

States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'Buffalo Milk' by Ellen van Neerven

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States of Poetry Podcast - Series One

In this episode of Australian Book Review's States of Poetry podcast, Ellen van Neerven reads her poem 'Buffalo Milk' which features in the 2016 Queensland anthology.

 

Buffalo Milk

Suck until you burn the room
and the heat numbs
reduced to a sound
wet
like the come and go
of the ocean
water enters
my hand in your hair
my hand
if you leave me childless
this will be yours alone
these marks you make
openings, persuasions
of the woman I will become

Ellen van Neerven

 

'Buffalo Milk' appears in 'States of Poetry - QLD'. You can learn more about States of Poetry and read the full anthologies here

Read Ellen van Neerven's biography in 'States of Poetry - QLD'

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