Islands

Featured in

Buy $27.99
  • Published 20111206
  • ISBN: 9781921758232
  • Extent: 232 pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

i dream of islands, glass-bottom boats, waters clear

and safe as houses before they’re bombed

Already a subscriber? Sign in here

If you are an educator or student wishing to access content for study purposes please contact us at griffithreview@griffith.edu.au

Share article

Tweet
Share
Share
Pin
0 Shares

Subscribe to great writing

Access starts at just $6 per month. Print and digital options to suit every budget!

Learn more

About the author

Kathleen Bleakley

Kathleen Bleakley is descended from a light-keeper.This poem is from her manuscript ‘Lightseekers’. Her work has been widely published in magazines, journals and books...

More from this edition

The new capital

FictionTHE FOLLOWING YEAR they went to Japan.In the night they landed at Kansai Airport, then took a train to Shin-Osaka. In the morning, after...

Underwater

Fiction'WHAT DO YOU reckon it's about?' she says.'Yeah,' he says, looking up from his mobile for a moment, then back to the screen.'My dream,'...

A matter of instinct

FictionTHE ESTATE AGENT suggests a three-month lease to start. 'A bit isolated. Usually rent it out as a holiday place to families.' And for...

Stay up to date with the latest, news, articles and special offers from Griffith Review.