“South of My Days” (Excerpt) by Judith Wright — from the “Tuesday Poem’ Backlist

South of My Days , by Judith Wright, is one of my favourite poems. I love the language of this poem, which was first published in 1946, and the vivid evocation of landscape and sense of place, which speaks strongly to an Australian ethos and also to aspects of its history.

I first shared it as part of the Tuesday Poem community, but like Monday’s post, I believe it merits the refeature. It’s timely, too, since it’s very much a winter poem and we’re in the midst of the Southern Hemisphere winter...