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'It is an honour to respond to this selection of poems. The challenge was how best to highlight the implication contained in each work, so superseded by style. There was little I could say; the poems stood on their own merit. I felt each poem reiterated the telling of stories, linked by the intergenerarional experiences that often repeat without repair. I wanted to highlight how our history repeats. Every poem exists as part of that cycle. The poems show how the Western models of poetry and linear time are charades in Aboriginal poetry. For me, it was important to rejoice at how the weaving of language is resurgent. I felt excited as during this process the poets' names created their own signature poem of lives, experiences and families.' (Introduction)
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