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Kaye Aldenhoven Poems
- If You Were Here The coming down of the Magela after the ...
- To Prepare For You To prepare for you I scrub the soles of ...
- Magnolia hairy calyx splits wine dark magnolia unfolds to ...
- Delonix Regia ablaze against thunder clouds flamboyant ...
- Curcuma Australasica – Wild Gi... In shadowed gorges erect ...
- Haiku Young man stretches for hibiscus flowers heart-red ...
- Becoming Fluent In Wailpiri Hey, your kids are learning to ...
Kaye Aldenhoven is an Australian poet and teacher.
In 1971 Kaye Aldenhoven moved from South Australia to Umbakumba on Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. She then lived and taught at Yuendumu, Amoonguna, Alice Springs, Darwin, Jabiru and was Principal of all three NT Area Schools (at Jabiru in Kakadu, Alyangula on Groote Eylandt and Batchelor). These moves were important for the direction of her work.
Her first book, In My Husband's Country, was a clear and deft response to country in a way that is peculiarly Territorian, as is her involvement in cross-art performances of poetry, dance ritual, and textiles. In 1992 she won the Northern Territory Red Earth Literary ... more »
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If You Were Here
The coming down of the Magela
after the first storms,
we chased that front of water all day.
It surged slowly,
calm in the surety of its fulfillment
trickling unevenly into dry spaces
filling hollows, spilling, collecting
pushing the debris of the Dry before it.
The hot sand gasped,
giggles of bubbles escaped
as the water soaked deeper.
Beetles dragged their sodden carapaces
onto the island havens of your legs
the swirling froth tickled your skin
you laughed and rolled in the rolling flood.
The swell of water
gouged the sand from under your ...
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