After three weeks of suffocation, we raked the lawn clean of debris; with hoses we flooded gutters stuffed with rags; after the twentieth time fire trucks filled up at our main, the fireball rainbowed like a mid-afternoon sunset; we gathered in the village hall, the brigade’s trucks surrounded us; after sparks stopped flying over our […]
Rachel White
Rachel White(she/her) is an American-born poet and artist who lives and works on Kaurna land in South Australia. Her poetry has been featured in Kissing Dynamite, placed highly commended in the 2022 Woorilla Poetry Prize, and has been nominated for Best Microfiction 2024. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Shore, Lunch Ticket’s Amuse Bouche, Rogue Agent, Third Wednesday Magazine, Anti-Heroin Chic, Amethyst Review and Porcupine Lit. You can find Rachel on Instagram @rachelwhite.studio.