(1915 - 2000 / New South Wales / Australia)

poet Judith Wright
#118 on top 500 poets

Poems of Judith Wright

21. South of my Days 1/1/2004
22. The Bull 3/27/2010
23. The Company Of Lovers 3/27/2010
24. The Killer 3/27/2010
25. The Old Prison 1/1/2004
26. The Sisters 3/27/2010
27. The Surfer 3/27/2010
28. The Trains 3/27/2010
29. To a Child 3/27/2010
30. Train Journey 3/27/2010
31. Trapped Dingo 3/27/2010
32. Turning Fifty 3/27/2010
33. Woman To Child 3/27/2010
34. Woman To Man 3/27/2010

The Old Prison

The rows of cells are unroofed,
a flute for the wind's mouth,
who comes with a breath of ice
from the blue caves of the south.

O dark and fierce day:
the wind like an angry bee
hunts for the black honey
in the pits of the hollow sea.

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