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There, In the Dunes


There, in the dunes I pitched my tent
amongst strands of reeds and the sea’s night speech,

and there, on a dried out creek bed in the desert,
the night sky cupping the world, parading its wares,

and there, on an island where winds unleashed themselves
and lighthouses warned of rocks,

and there, on a path in a gorge where rock walls towered,
where kangaroo feet drummed through sleep,

and there, in your heart I pitched my tent,
I breathed your presence, I fell asleep there and woke again,

some part of me remaining,
some part of me, once more, moving on.


David Adès has published the collection Mapping the World (2008) and the chapbook Only the Questions Are Eternal (2015). His poetry has been widely published. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize and won the University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize.