Evelyn Araluen, The Rot deeply involved with the Bábbarra

deeply involved with the Bábbarra Women’s Centre since its early days

stingrays are falling stars

sina and tadhg blend their instruments in emotional conversation

forms the base of most kākahu (cloaks)

and white hot with rage

Evelyn Araluen, The Rot deeply involved with the BábbarraEvelyn Araluen, The Rot ISBN 9780702268960 Binding Paperback Pages 144 Release Date 4 11 2025 The Rot is a recalcitrant study of the decaying romances, expired hopes and abject injustices of the world. A liturgy for girlhood in the dying days of late stage capitalism, these poems expose fraying nerves and tendons of a speaker refusing to avert their gaze from the death of Country, death on Country, and the bloody violence of settler colonies here and