Hemat Malak is an accountant and poet, writing from Picton, NSW. She writes on themes of identity, motherhood and life. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming in Quadrant Magazine, Rattle, Rochford Street Review, Catchment and anthologies including WestWords…
by Alleyne Hall In memoriam Les Hall, my father, senior constable On stage, aged eleven, before two world wars, then a senior country policeman – where did the years go? How did I get to this place of silence? At…
Maria Bonar’s poetry, short fiction and creative nonfiction has been published in Creatrix, Award Winning Australian Writing, Catchment – Poetry of Place, Rochford Street Review, BootsnAll, numerous anthologies and online publications. A former CEO, social health researcher and parole officer,…
by Rebecca Carr O, where is the moon? Shades of grey is my sky – she cannot be seen. The darkness has worn heavy, and my thread that connects frays. Memories of 90 Mile Beach – Scattered shells, sand; rock…
Rachel Skellett is an aspiring poet living in Goomburrup, Bunbury, Western Australia. Rachel acknowledges the Wardandi Noongar Aboriginal people who have lived in the South West for over 45 000 years. Inspired by their knowledge of the land, native flora…
Samantha Sirimanne Hyde was born in Sri Lanka and now lives in the unceded land of the Wallumedegal people in NSW. She holds an M.A. in Creative Writing, has published free verse, short fiction and a novel, The Lyrebird’s Cry.…
wanda amos lives in Old Bar, NSW. Her haiku and tanka have been published in several online blogs, forums and journals. Now retired, she enjoys travel, beach and bush walking, photography and haiku writing. Her Websites: wandas wandarings on Facebook…
by Suzi Mezei Nestlings plummet hapless from shaken boughs; spat from the maw of the shrieking storm, they land waterlogged on deluged lawn. Cloudburst pastes grey plume to dermis and through water-smeared windows, frogmouths clump like rocks. Outside, under a…
by Mitch Browne I saw you, fellow relic, when we found each other out. Two truants lying smug in a bolthole meant for one. You were extinct, and I was in uniform; we both were out of bounds in the…
Veronica Troup is an emerging poet who lives and writes on unceded Boonwurrung Country. Her writing examines ideas of women, invisibility and place. In 2024 she was longlisted for The Grieve Project, Hush Foundation & Liquid Amber Poetry Prize. She…
