Into the heart of Tasmania (found poems)
Jax Bulstrode (they/she)
Jax likes to write poems, cry, and preferably do both while taking a bath. They enjoy writing about the environment, sexuality, mental health and identity. Jax has had work published online and in print internationally and within Australia.
Boon Wurrung land
1.
the first stage was over
the flat fields
cutting the gaps
taunting
like an early morning
dream
2.
by the light of the moon
bulbs of daffodil
returned
upon the earth
how bright
the garden breathed
a web of magic
3.
we want the same
the warm and slow
take it all in:
quiet valley
the yellow of the wattle
hidden behind trees
is a happy sense
I reach for
4.
the hills become family
growing, keeping culture
standing on that sunny hill
I realise
the power
the story feels alive
in the land
in the dusk.