‘This edition of Westerly underscores the critical role that creative and learned voices play in articulating our connection to the ocean. By featuring works that reflect on the ocean’s profound impact on our lives and its vulnerability to environmental threats, we aim to foster greater awareness and inspire action. This special edition emphases the vital role of the ocean in shaping our cultural and ecological landscape.’
Professor Christophe Gaudin, Director, Oceans Institute, October 2024
Big See, do or do not, there is no try, 2024. Acrylic on canvas. © Big See, 2024
Westerly: Oceans
November 7, 2024
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‘Oceans’, a collaboration between Westerly and the UWA Oceans Institute, is guest-edited by Prema Arasu and offers literary and poetic responses to the ocean and its depths. Contributors include scientists from the OI alongside literary luminaries and emerging WA writers.
Contents
Professor Christophe Gaudin
Foreword
Prema Arasu
Introduction
Daniel Juckes
From Westerly Magazine
Ogg Hill
Point Peron, Boya Kaarla
Stephen Chinna
Orange Grey Whales (BOOM)
Stephen Chinna
Drowning (At the Mouth)
Kerry Greer
The Sky, the Sea
James Salvius Cheng
The fisherman
Sam Mayne
Seawall
Devin Harrison
Lander Lament
Luoyang Chen
Twilight
Andrew Sutherland
and what about your blood and your bones should the ocean never forget?
Andrew Sutherland
Speak to the shape of something that may no longer have the other half of its embrace
Yakup Niyazi
The Many Names of Blue Water
Nicole Hodgson
‘I Feel Like I’m Part of the Ocean’: the inter-connected world of the ocean swimmer
Jessica White
Unseamed
Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker
archipelago
Riley Faulds
Stand Up, Paddle
Riley Faulds
my great-uncle jack
Anna Quercia-Thomas
Stirling Crop
Tineke Van der Eecken
On casting a ghost shark
Scott-Patrick Mitchell
The Porifera
Scott-Patrick Mitchell
The Acorn Barnacle
Scott-Patrick Mitchell
The Ram’s Horn Shell
Heather Blakey
Avant-sharke
Elrond Garcia
Water Moves
Monty Hoddinott
jellyfish
Caitlin Maling
Monkey Mia, 2023, My aunt records the documentary on the dolphins
Caitlin Maling
1. stromatolites, again
Sarah Yeung
Queen of Heaven
Paul Hetherington
Approaching the Ocean
Luisa Mitchell
undead river
Luisa Mitchell
The Ways Death Likes to Speak
Ange Yang
Pearl Ocean Dragon Restaurant
Alan Fyfe
Prime Aspect Beachfront Hymn
Prema Arasu
Fencing Lessons with Hermaphroditic Flatworms
