BLAK ROSE
BLAK ROSE
Unapologetic poetry that sometimes rhymes.
Fierce. Funny. Unforgiving.
Poems from a Blak Australian voice, that speaks truth to power and beauty to pain. Words that both sting and soothe, a reckoning for what it means to be Blak in a colonial world, that still looks away.
From the frontlines of identity and resistance to the soft centre of self and love, these poems move with humour, rage, and grace.
They don’t ask permission.
They don’t seek forgiveness.
They simply exist — loud, proud, and free.
A collection for those who refuse to be quiet.
A reminder that from red earth and resistance, something beautiful still blooms.
The Blak Rose.
Blak Rose
1st Edition.Copyright © 2024 Sam Cook. All rights reserved.
Typeset in Itc New Baskerville 12pt/14ptNo part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
ISBN: 979-8-90119-425-6
Disclaimer: With the exception of Conscientious Objector (Stanley’s War) and references to iconic Blak Women musicians in Blak Woman’s Song, this poetry is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.