Today we learn the news about a girl.
Her body has been found. Her long, black hair
is no-one’s flag; and it will not unfurl
at Mother’s touch, nor fly free in the air.

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Tim Slade (b. 1976) is a poet from Lutruwita / Tasmania. His poems are widely published and broadcast, including for the ABC’s Radio National, Australian Poetry Anthology, Margaret Reid International Poetry Prize, Island, Cordite Poetry Review, and The Weekend Australian. Longlisted for the 2022 Tim Thorne Prize for Poetry, his debut collection is The Walnut Tree (2021, Bright South). Tim’s forthcoming book of poems is The Wave of Life. Website: tim-slade.jimdosite.com

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