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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE
FREEDOM POEM by Sara Moss

[Above] Photo of Sara Moss by Shane Carter, 2002.

Sara Moss

FREEDOM POEM

Tonight I'm in
a thin mood.

I could shave my head
slip into khaki

dance my protest
across the streets of this city if only
my broken body
could release me.

So I'm sending my children out
to the healthy and well-dressed
to speak about poverty and illness...

To the politicians
to plead for justice...

To the economists
to touch the souls of the heartless...

To the Aborigines
to say sorry and ask for forgiveness...

To the refugees
with a welcome notice...

I'm sending my children out
to wrap the world
in the word...love

to mend
our broken sky.

Published in The Drunken Boat (USA).

About the Poet Sara Moss

Sara Moss was born in Somerset England in 1967 and migrated to the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia in 1979. On leaving school she moved to Sydney and studied history and politics at Macquarie University, fuelling an interest in public affairs, social justice and the environment which is still reflected in her writing. Sara returned to Queensland in the early 90's and has been writing, publishing and performing poetry for almost ten years. Her first individual collection, A Deep Fear of Trains, was released in 2000 by Interactive Publications and was the first title in the Interactive Press `Emerging Authors Series'. Sara has also published in numerous journals in print and online. She has also appeared at successive Queensland Poetry Festivals. She's currently working with digital artist Scart (aka Shane Carter) in the Synaptic Graffiti Collective. They debuted a live multimedia performance of poetry, flash animation, artistic images and instrumentals in 2003 performing for the Arc Arts Cooperative on the Gold Coast and the Queensland Poetry Festival. In 2004 they extended the collective and are currently seeking submissions for the first Synaptic Graffiti Multimedia CD, Synaptic Graffiti: Slam the Body Politik. In addition to her own creative efforts, Sara has worked for the Brisbane-based publisher, Interactive Publications since 1997.
   [Above] Photo of Sara Moss by Shane Carter, 2002.

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