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States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'Roo tails' by Ellen van Neerven

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States of Poetry Podcast - Series One

States of Poetry 2016 QLD Podcast | 'Roo tails' 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 'Roo tails' which features in the 2016 Queensland anthology.

 

Roo tails

The ground felt like it did when it's about to storm. My feet were brown and my big toe blistered. My grandmother was talking to my grandfather. A wet patch on my grandmother's back. Her hands roping those tails along the fence.

She turned to me and I saw her. Grey. A little heavy. Everything I came here for. A magpie flew lower.

Ellen van Neerven

 

'Roo tails' 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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