Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad

Where the river gums dream

Eucalypt lattice

Shifting layers

Closing in

Boabs and solitude

In the arms of the acacias

Weaving through the thicket

Curling heavenward

The sandstones remember

The land bears witness



Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad is an Indian-Australian artist, poet, and improv pianist, who serves as a chief editor for Authora Australis. Her recent artworks have been showcased in Otoliths, The Honeyguide Literary, Sonic Boom, The International Zine Project, 3 AM Magazine, and Oyster River Pages, and on the covers of The Amsterdam Quarterly, Pithead Chapel, The Rat’s Ass Review, Ang(st) the Body Zine, and elsewhere. She is a Pushcart and multiple Best of the Net nominee. She lives and works in Sydney on the land of the Ku-ring-gai People of The Eora Nation. Find her @oormilaprahlad and www.instagram.com/oormila_paintings

 
 

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