Looking for Meaning When It's Simple single work   poetry   "The high Madras sky is closing in on us"
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Looking for Meaning When It's Simple
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    y separately published work icon Rabbit Politics no. 28 2019 18604275 2019 periodical issue poetry

    'Political Pasts, Political Futures, Political Poems

    'Bob Hawke sculling a beer, Paul Keating touching the Queen, the man floating in an inflatable pool ring in an episode of The Simpsons. George Bush and Bill Clinton and the first time I understood the word fellatio. Skits on The Comedy Company and Fast Forward and grotesque caricatures in newspapers. When I was growing up in rural Australia, ‘politics’—as it was relayed to me—seemed like the house for big jokes and absurdities. Secrecy, too, seemed like a key attribute—at primary school, I was told that it was impolite to ask an adult whom they were voting for in the next election. And we were made to remember the list of Australian Prime Ministers but not to engage with what they stood for, nor to understand current policies and debates that would have an impact on our futures. I wish I had asked more questions.' (Jessica L. Wilkinson, Editorial introduction)

    2019
    pg. 117-118
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  • Madras,
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