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The Pineapple
By David Shield ‘Thank for your hard work today, David,’ Mrs Suzuki says as I enter the staff room. ‘I’m sorry you had to teach solo today. We’re so short staffed…
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Peter Dellolio Interview
Interviewer: Antonia Cassetta Peter: I’ve been writing since I was…probably twelve. I started writing haiku poetry in the sixth grade and, shortly after that, I became interested in the Beat Generation, and…
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Gilli
By Harley Dark Crackling embers hiss as Barif watches his son use the bellows to blow air into the forge, engorging its flames. ‘Heat it quickly, then draw it out, Gilli.’…
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Creating shining sparkles for children.
By Louise Sapphira Experience the joy that learning, storytelling, and picture books bring to a young generation. Giving to the next generation grows a sense of warmth in one’s heart. Mark…
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Between Plastic Bags and Palm Trees.
My Time as an International Student and Climate Intern in Sarawak.
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Gilli
By Harley Dark Crackling embers hiss as Barif watches his son use the bellows to blow air into the forge, engorging its flames. ‘Heat it quickly, then draw it out, Gilli.’…
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April 1945
By Michael Farrell. Imagine a line like a rolled petal, darker than blood, brown at the edges. If you have an orderly mind, it might seem like a dignified end, rather…
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Sharp Pain
By Paul Rabinowitz. after brewing a cup of French roast I step outside songbirds echo from the magnolia tree a shifting breeze moves around me placing my laptop on the…
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The Hungry Monster (a true story).
By Lidena Carr. He’s angry at the table. Won’t sit up or sit still. He fidgets where he’s able, Aiming not to eat his fill. He’s trying to tell me something…
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Kim Waters
Kim Waters lives in Melbourne. She has a Master of Arts in creative writing. Her poems have appeared in Cordite, The Australian, Going Down Swinging Online, Under the Radar and The Shanghai…
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Tink’s poem
By Lidena Carr. I go out to walk without you; Feeling I have lost something. Misplaced you. Rambling was our thing; To the dam wall. Back and under the bridge. I…
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Growing into love
By Kavita Nandan. It was not love at first sight. She was a full head taller than him, her English was perfect while he talked funny, said stuff like, ‘sluts’ instead of…
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Paul Rabinowitz
Rabinowitz’s photography, prose and poetry appear in magazines and journals including The Sun Magazine, New World Writing, Arcturus-Chicago Review Of Books, Evening Street Press, The Montreal Review, Stone Poetry Quarterly, Talking River…
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Love Poem
By Paul Rabinowitz. at the end of a cobblestoned street under a pale moon waning ocean air swirls under frayed awnings into a dimly lit cafe hum of a thousand…
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Lidena Carr
Lidena Carr is an Australian geoscientist and writer. Graduating from ANU in 2004, her work includes geoscientific research and contributions to various scientific reports, journal articles, conference papers and presentations, webpage content,…
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Gift Wrapped.
By Paul Rabinowitz. after deciding on a theme for my next novel I assemble the main characters a poet torn between love and truth the lover delivering a package…
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Omen
By Clara Collins. You left long gouges in the wallpaper the day you found your way into the chimney, down its long column, careening out, ink footed, your crow eyes solid…
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A CYLINDER, A LAYER, A FIZZ: [A.K.A. IMPETUS]
By Mick Cunliffe. [1] Cylinder You see me as an empty shell of a man. Not entirely wrong, but I am a cylinder. Cold water pours right through. You rebut,…
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Kavita Nandan
Kavita was born in New Delhi, grew up in Suva and has lived in Canberra, Darwin and Sydney. She is the author of a book of poems, Return to what Remains and a novel, Home…
