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Yankunytjatjara Love Poems

Ali Cobby Eckermann, Poetry International, 2010

Yankunytjatjara Love Poems embodies the communal nature of Indigenous love. Cobby Eckermann stunningly imbues that love with an interconnectedness to land and language.

there is love in the wind by the singing rock
down the river by the ancient tree
love in kangaroo goanna and emu
love when spirits speak no human voice
at the sacred sites eyes unblemished
watch wedge tail eagle soar over hidden water
find the love

(Note: originally published in the anthology The Best Australian Poems 2010.)

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