Teesta Review: A Journal of Poetry, Volume 1, Number 1. May 2018. ISSN: 2581-7094
it flows*
rowers
stroke
the
murky waters of
the
upside-down Yarra
heading
towards the bay
a
lone seal splashes upstream
in
its mouth an eel
*The name
of Melbourne’s Yarra river comes from a misinterpretation and mishearing of an indigenous speaker saying
‘yarroyarro’ which means “ it flows”.