Unheard

Gilded by Ingrid Casey © 2019. Ingrid Casey is a poet and visual artist/activist. She released her debut collection with the Onslaught Press im 2018, and is launching an anthology in translation of Young Irish Poets at Athens book fair 2019, in association with Vakxikon. She has worked with Inspire Galerie and Bold Puppy on visual art and film/social justice projects. www.throughthecracks.ie

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Unheard by Nathanael O'Reilly

Immigrants suffocating

in an abandoned

Hanjin shipping container

cooking in the midday sun

at a remote rest area

beside a first-world highway

beat on the steel walls

and shout desperately

in their native tongue

but they are too far away

from the restrooms

and vending machines

Nathanael O’Reilly is an Irish-Australian residing in Texas. His books include Preparations for Departure, Distance, Cult, Suburban Exile and Symptoms of Homesickness. His poetry appears in publications from twelve countries, including: Antipodes, Backstory, Cordite, fourW, Headstuff, Mascara, Skylight 47, Snorkel, Verity La and The Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2017.

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