Guwayu — For All Times

Guwayu is an anthology commissioned by Red Room Poetry to share First Nations stories, languages and cultures. It features 36 emerging and established poets and celebrates culture, community, land, language and identity (p. xiii). Because of the interconnectedness of these elements – and because of the great diversity in theme, content, form, perspective and voice – the poems are best studied as a collection. This unit is suitable for Year 10, but individual poems can be shared with students from Years 7–12. Different pieces will be appropriate for different stages, so exercise professional judgment and pay attention to the subjects, themes and language in each poem when making selections.