Farewell Fiji
p. 73 · Read in the full issue
By Jack Davis
Mr Davis, an Australian Aboriginal author and poet, wrote his poem when he left Fiji after the South Pacific Festival of Arts in May, 1972).
Farewell Fiji Jungle, mountains Laughter in the evening Soft voices Whispering feet, The calm of the resident European I mean, home he is always frantic.
But 1 am not for adoption.
I love my land.
Harsh, dominant.
Moulder of men.
Ayers rock, the Olga’s Rising up, indomitable, Kaleidoscopic in the summer haze.
My land is my race, my joy My birth of pain, So with a jet’s roar Goodbye beautiful Fiji.