We are the Rejected
Blackwattle Bay
Words by Beth Spencer
The rejected in love come down to sigh in the park at Glebe Point.
Rejection and solidarity wash together in the dark water of Blackwattle Bay.
About the Artists
BETH SPENCER writes a mix of poetry, memoir, fiction and essay. Her books include The Age of Fibs, Vagabondage and Things in a Glass Box, and her work has been published widely in newspapers, journals and performed for ABC Radio National. She lives and writes on unceded Darkinjung land on the NSW Central Coast. Also at www.bethspen.substack.com and @bethspen.
This story is part of
Imaginative Recreation Project 2023 – sharing little-known stories from Sydney’s past.
curated + presented by
SONIC CITY SYDNEY
Stories and sounds of Sydney. Sonic City Sydney is a series of audio-stories, each under five minutes in length, produced by Spineless Wonders and Echidna Audio and funded by the City of Sydney.
