gadhalumarra - by Yaaran Ellis

Poetry
Written By Yaaran (Aaron) Ellis
ISLAND | ISSUE 160
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ngurambangdhi
bunying dharrawaluny
bunying dhuruwirra
guraymarrabinya

my country is
an in-breath whose
outbreath is
a sigh ▼


Gadhalumarra is the Wiradjuri word for the state of being annoyed by smoke.

This poem appeared in Island 160 in 2020. Order a print issue here.

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Yaaran (Aaron) Ellis

Yaaran (Aaron) Ellis is a Wiradjuri man, born in Albury, NSW, and raised on the NSW Central Coast. In 2017, he returned to Wiradjuri Country as custodian of the Wiradjuri language program at Young High School.

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