J V Birch
Crayfish, pilchards,
ocean jackets and sharks
Octopus, sea urchins,
sea snails and scallops
Sand crabs, abalone,
garfish and whiting
Shush,
the oysters are sleeping.
J V Birch lives in Adelaide. Her poems have appeared in anthologies, journals and magazines across Australia, the UK, Canada and the US. She has two collections – Smashed glass at midnight and What the water & moon gave me – by Ginninderra Press, and is working on her third.