More from Lionel G Fogarty

Love or Human Nature

Love originator is her Koori love’s
Glad nearly complete with you
when not sad
possess we personally for the peoples
spirit and goal
bring me to Koori cause cos cos
Equally we like to be near bodes
Mother is woman
Nature are from Koori scoreness
respectfully comforts me here
Mankind . . . womankind . . .
even when man hypocrites
and black baits at the coloured bar
So love originator thousand
Stir in seen godfully gentle
to her black man now.
Or violent massing greedy boy or girl
will sway
late coming to home
a voice strong aware you
‘take relevance and articulate
give strength, pride of a Koori language
Share your woman brother . . .
Nah . . . nah . . . don’t live thata now drowning.
The five paces behind . . . now . . .
up front expression desire
desire your own love
original womens.
I’m Murri Koori aboriginal
loving fresh and bold
see ya, told ya
us humanity
not discovered.
Gladly came
emerging just to our people
making love love love.

From Ngutji 1984, reprinted in New and Selected Poems Mundaldjali, Mutuerjaraera, Lionel G Fogarty 1995 Hyland House South Melbourne Victoria.