Rainbow Trout
by Glenn McPherson Many things in you pick up colour: The chicken-hawk cry, Light rain stripping back the body’s shadow On the bridge Beside which a creel lies open, The stranger must have wanted it that way So as to…
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Claypits – Brunswick, 1950
by Jo McInerney No fool’s gold this – clay, dug laboriously out of the ground, promising only more labour, lumped and pounded and sliced into blocks, shaped into gullies and drums, U-bends and S-bends, a poor man’s alphabet, spread out…
Stone Country – Clifton Hill, 1850
by Jo McInerney Carving a ‘new world’ out of bluestone, your back bent, your hands swollen, you could not have known that the dark patches on the distant moon, faint like a promise of home, unsure like the smile of…
Jo McInerney
Jo McInerney is an English and Literature teacher working in Gippsland. She has been writing published haiku, tanka, haibun, and longer verse since 2005.
Flamenco
by Gerard Lewis-Fitzgerald My mind was transported to the neck of his guitar and there it hovered, as quiet and reverent as the layers of varnish and submissive frets, deeply penetrated by eons of Iberian mystique, watching his fingers consumed…
Gerard Lewis-Fitzgerald
Gerard Lewis-Fitzgerald was born in Waddawurrung country, Geelong. Retired, he lives in Beaconsfield, Victoria. Prompting by a friend, he began reading at various Melbourne open mics, and posting his poetry in such groups as Eclectic Creators Unite. Gerard, also an…
Jewellery Makers Fair – Flyer
Jewellery Makers Fair An opportunity for Jewellery makers who make unique Jewellery to sell their creations. Sat September 21st 2024Setup time: 8.00amOpen to the Public 9am-2pm
Barry Masterman-Smith
My first interest in art was sparked in primary school by a travelling exhibition in Traralgon of famous Australian artists, notably Albert Namatjira, William Dobell. I was impressed by Russell Drysdale’s ‘The Rabbiters’. This was in the 1950s. In later…
Cathy Harris
In the beginning of my Art journey I used oils but changed to acrylics after realising I had an allergy to oils. I now use acrylic paint as it is my favourite. I also like working with polymer clay so…
Cathy Smith
I started drawing, painting and building in early childhood when I was encouraged by a relative who worked as an illustrator and produced audio-visual works. My father was not happy when I inserted all his drill bits in the bathroom…