Luke Currie Richardson
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27 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2021
last heard Aug 2021
Luke Currie Richardson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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How you doing everyone, my name is Luke Curry Richardson, also known as Balaluke on the socials and I am coming to you from Gadigal land of the Eora Nation and I'd like to pay my respects to the elders past, present and my peers who will be our future elders and leaders.
I'm a very proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man, storyteller.
My father's side, I'm a Kukialanji, Jabakai man, also a Miriam man from the Torres Straits.
My mother's side, I'm a Mananjali and Batchelor fella.
I'd like to give a big shout out to Red Room Poetry for allowing me to tell my stories and express my poetry on their platform.
So appreciate y'all and I hope you enjoy.
The title of my poem is called Black Love.
B-L-A-K-L-O-V-E.
Enjoy.
I want that type of black love, like the first steps on your traditional country, and the first breaths of the traditional air.
You just know you belong.
Words can't explain that level of comfort, but you know you're being looked after, and you can be yourself on these lands.
I want that type of black love, like you bring the damper out the coals and you know it's just right.
I want that type of black love to take over me, like a smoking ceremony, cleansing me and healing me.
Lead the way all around me, in my face so it can ground me.
Sometimes it gets in your eyes and tears fall but it's never for long.
It's always healing, the smell of safety and healing, the feeling of welcoming.
I want that type of black love like I need to ask you who's your mob and you ask mine and I run to mum and dad just to double check if it's fine which it is then I lay down my next black fella line on you we ain't mob I want that type of black love where black mob refer to us as black royalty but we're just out here being carefree black beauties doing our duties for the future of our black communities
I want that type of black love when I walk into a place with the brother boys and you're with the sister girls who know exactly what's going on and they'd be like, while unapologetically nudging you, trying to make you shame for everyone to see.
I want that type of black love that helps heal our traumas.
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