“The Dugong’s Path” by Wulai Karntawarra, Australia (1880-1959)

We follow her trail

in the songlines beneath the tide.

Where she swims, we remember

our grandmothers’ hands shaping stone knives,

and how they called to her—

gently, never in haste.

From A Poem A Day: Australasia & the Pacific

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