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Putuwá*
despite the fire
a gnawing chill remains
putuwá
in warming you
I feel a thaw in me
*“Putuwá” is a word of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. It was conveyed by Patyegarang, a Gamaraigal woman, to the astronomer William Dawes in the early days of European settlement. She described the words as meaning “to warm your hands by the fire and gently squeeze the fingers of another person”.
Putuwá*
despite the fire
a gnawing chill remains
putuwá
in warming you
I feel a thaw in me
*“Putuwá” is a word of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. It was conveyed by Patyegarang, a Gamaraigal woman, to the astronomer William Dawes in the early days of European settlement. She described the words as meaning “to warm your hands by the fire and gently squeeze the fingers of another person”.