"Now that I know that each star has its path, each bird is finally feathered and grown in the unbroken shell, each tree in the seed, each song in the life laid down - is the night sky any less strange; should my glance less follow the flight; should the pen shake less in my hand."

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Source: Judith Wright (1971). “Collected poems, 1942-1970”, Angus & Robertson

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Judith Wright

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Judith Wright was an Australian poet and activist known for her powerful exploration of nature and Indigenous rights through her evocative poetry.

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