supporting local Artists
supporting local Artists
by Rob McKinnon In sweltering beds, the restless toss searching for sleep avoiding them, air conditioners and fans hum and clatter moving hot air around heated rooms. Somewhere in the searing housing estate, a lone dog howls miserably which rumbles…
by Pauline Cleary Shadowy, cloudy day; sprawling trees mesh together in a canopy. I crouch amongst the sprawl of asparagus fern; sticky, invasive, conquering. On my knees, I slither into the undergrowth, seizing handfuls of weeds, ripping them from their…
by Robbie Coburn Almost burnt the pages and abandoned everything, striking a match and setting fire to the writing — that big book of your chosen suffering. you turned and left the paper as it was and stepped outside into…
Gavin Austin lives in Sydney, Australia. His work has appeared in many literary publications, been produced for play festivals, read on radio, and has been successful in numerous writing competitions. He has two published poetry collections: Shadow Play, Dragonwick, Aus.,…
by Earl Livings Three kilometres of walking under trees galumphing with the wind, listening to chitter, screech, croak of noisy miners, lorikeets, magpies seeking sanctuary or revelling in the challenge of branch and air constantly twisting, walking towards a memory…
Mitch Browne is a poet and bricklayer from the Blue Mountains. His work has been published in ZineWest, Quadrant, Grieve, JAMA, medmic, OfTheBook, The Sydney Morning Herald, and elsewhere. He won the ZineWest Best Poem award in 2023, and again…
Alex Robertson grew up in Adelaide, has been completing creative writing since a teenager, but is beginning to take this writing gig seriously. Alex is involved in writing groups, is a free verse poetry diehard and has travelled a great…
by Robyn Cairns The family home Sixty-six orange brick Is full of sun Bar coded through curtains Onto green floral carpet Photosynthesizing under our feet Childhood orbited One hundred Wallpapered suns My bedroom window pushed upwards Inhaling spring jasmine Smoothing…
Jan Napier is a Western Australian writer. Her poem ‘Early: A Morning’ won the 2023 KSP Poetry Prize. Jan lives with a cat and tries to grow poems green and graceful as her ferns.
Julie Tawse lives in the Neerim District foothills. She is an ongoing poet and artist, and a retired educator. Her writings, poems and song lyrics have known publication and shortlisting. Close observation, place and identity are at the heart of…