Anna Wintour
Jessica Faulkner (University of Melbourne)
Florals. For spring. Groundbreaking. 1
paper bulbs break through the ground2
and softens her skin with photosynthesis3
we carry on, decisive4 as she commands
Daedalus says fly5.
1 she says, in that film that is not about her
2 daffodils are best planted in autumn, it reads, but my mother waits for winter
3 18mm lens
4 in our choice not to be
5 Icarus chooses fall
Jessica Faulkner is a 22-year-old aspiring writer living in Tasmania/lutruwita. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne, where she is also completing a Master of Creative Writing, Editing and Publishing. Her short fiction and poetry have been published by Farrago and Antithesis. In 2022, her short story, ‘Rattle’ received Farrago’s Fitzpatrick Award for Best Creative Prose. Most recently, she received the Melbourne Writers Festival Creative Writing Prize, a scholarship awarded to the University of Melbourne’s highest achieving third-year creative writing student who pursues further study.
