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Podcast: Poetry Unbound
Episode: Ali Cobby Eckermann — Kulila
Description: Ali Cobby Eckermann’s poem “Kulila” insists on remembering as a moral act. Through the poem, the Aboriginal poet mourns the loss of Indigenous cultures in Australia and how they have been damaged and changed by colonization. Cobby Eckermann calls her readers to a place of listening and lament as a way to keep alive the memory of who we are and who we could’ve been.A question to reflect on after you listen: What in your culture or community needs to be lamented, honored, and told?About the Poet:Ali Cobby Eckerman...