Irina Frolova reading ‘Матрешка’

Glossary and transliteration

Матрешка: (matri’oshka) a Russian doll

Медовик: (meda’vik) a Russian honey cake

платок: (pla’tok) a head scarf

Irina Frolova is a Russian-born Australian poet who lives on Awabakal land. Irina has a degree in philology from Moscow City Pedagogical University, and is currently studying psychology at Deakin University. Her work has appeared in Not Very Quiet, Australian Poetry Collaboration, Baby Teeth Journal, and The Blue Nib. She is working on a bilingual pocketbook of poems to be published by Flying Island Books/ASM/Cerberus Press later in 2020.