2 Judith Wright Poems

Judith Wright was an Australian poet who is well-remembered for her activism. She wrote and worked for Aboriginal land rights and environmentalism. Wright was a recipient of the Australian National Living Treasure Award in 1998. Her collections include The Old Prison, Selected Poems, and The Two Fires.

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Australia 1970

‘Australia 1970’ by Judith Wright speaks on the changing landscape of Australia in the 1970s. It promotes a fierce, wild, and dangerous version of Australia like the animals that have always lived within its boundaries.

Judith Wright, a well-known figure in Australian literary history, pens down this piece with words directly from her heart. She shows to the world the uniqueness that her country has in her store and how it is being demolished.

Die, wild country, like the eaglehawk,

dangerous till the last breath's gone,

clawing and striking. Die

cursing your captor through a raging eye.

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Request To A Year

‘Request To A Year’ by J. Wright seeks a great-great-grandmother’s artistic resolve amidst adversity through memory.

‘Request to a Year’ reflects Judith Wright's characteristic exploration of human strength, familial ties, and the tension between art and duty. Similar to other poems of hers it examines individual history and highlights larger ideas of resilience and creative expression. Wright frequently combines deep feelings with philosophical insights.

If the year is meditating a suitable gift,

I should like it to be the attitude

of my great- great- grandmother,

legendary devotee of the arts,

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