The Mangroves
Lou Smith (University of Melbourne, Australia)
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Nightblind, we wove
through mangroves
suspended above the king tide,
mullet jumped
and dim amber lights
of distant houses,
the bridge, and the dockyard
blurred under the star-speckled sky
You can’t see the dirt now, he said
and it was magical, Throsby Creek,
sand-banked and fish softsplash
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Lou Smith is originally from Newcastle, NSW but now resides in Melbourne where she is currently undertaking a PHD in Creative Writing at Melbourne University. Her poetry has been published in various journals and anthologies including Overland, Mascara Literary Review, Wasafiri, A Place Tells a Story and Kunapipi. She is also the co-founder of Breakdown Press.
