Riot Control/Public Order is inspired by the photographs of Sarah Pickering, particularly her collection Public Order – “a project exploring the Metropolitan Police Public Order Training Centre, a simulated urban environment where officers rehearse responses to civic unrest.”
The poem investigates the idea of protest, civil disobedience and the response of the government.
Riot Control/Public Order is one of the new poems included in the updated edition of Bone Ink released through University of Western Australia Publishing
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Rico Craig 