Washing my mother’s hair – by Helen Jarvis

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Helen Jarvis

Helen Jarvis lives on Yalukit Willam land. In 2024 her poem ‘and’ was runner-up in the Gwen Harwood poetry prize; her writing has won the Ada Cambridge awards for poetry and biographical prose, and the Nillumbik Poetry Ekphrasis award. Her debut poetry collection is to be published with 5 Islands Press early in 2025.

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