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Above the turning centre

by Stephanie Powell there is our front roomthe grey-green chair that rocks, its soft fabriclight from the router turns herface blue, a strange torch in those new eyes                                        hey, hey, hey,i hush to my baby. My baby as though i…

Night Noises

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…

Gavin Austin

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.,…

This place

by Kate King My dog pulled me up to focus on one scent amid a myriad of others, to really take it in, its richness, rankness, recency, all its glorious nuances. Grudgingly, I stopped, paused the torrent of thoughts that…

Fabled Santorini

by Mary Salter Sheer red rock Furrowed and weathered bare Climbs out of a navy sea. Ancient volcanic rim Circles darkly on a Forever blue sky While curved shores Spread like flared skirts Hiding Her fiery centre. Tumbling down now,…

Layers of my life

by Fred Duncan I sailed a boat, On a sea so calm and beautiful That I almost suffocated in its breathless passages. I walked through a forest, So green and deep and sombre That my footsteps and my soul were…

next station woy woy

by Carl Walsh i. glamour of mid-morning sun fibro shacks lean into hawkesbury sailboats ride anchor half-sunk from last night’s rain mud blooms into water buoys mark out shallows girls keep their vessels close ii. train in waiting wondabyne bolts…

Mike Greenacre

Mike Greenacre lives in Perth, W.A. He has published poems in Australia, UK & USA. In 2016 he won equal first prize in the Creatrix Poetry Prize and in 2019, his poem ‘Missing Pieces’ won first prize in the Tom…

Ross Jackson

Ross Jackson is a retired teacher resident in Perth who has had poetry published in Westerly, Cordite, Poetry Australia Anthology, Rabbit Poetry, Poetry New Zealand and in many other literary journals and websites. His collection, Time alone on a quiet…

Then and Now

by Jeremy Gadd In Sydney’s Domain, where, pre-war, in nineteen-thirty-four, eighteen thousand once listened to the warnings of Egon Kisch; where, on Sundays, Webster promoted free speech and would-be politicians, proselytizers and the deranged stood and harangued gawking crowds, hecklers…