This book contains mature themes and strong violence. If you are below 15 years of age, we recommend you do not continue reading.
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Be truthful to me for I am your wings and your life.
I'm in love with your gentle voice.
The kind words leaving your tender lips
that tell only the truth for the truth is the way those lips move.
You make everything seem easy,
bringing life to my soul. Come to me MY PERFECT BUTTERFLY READ me cuz the words I speak are liquid gold.
COME TO ME FOR A JOURNEY THAT WILL MAKE YOU LOVE ME.
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Over the course of 2023, a select group of young writers was invited to take part in a year-long writing program at Story Factory. Their goal was to produce a collection of poetry. This is one of the collections produced in these workshops.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
This project has been supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
We would like to thank Midland Typesetters for generously typesetting these manuscripts. Thanks also to the poets who visited the workshops and shared their knowledge and passion: BEA, Eileen Chong, Jazz Money and Omar Sakr.