Helen McDonald lives in Woodend, Victoria and writes poetry on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Peoples. She is recently published in the US: failed haiku – a journal of English senryu, Drifting Sands…
Pirie Klemmer is 91 years old, having been born in the same year as the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Unfortunately she left school when she was 14 years old. She has come to poetry through the enthusiasm of her daughter. She…
Frederick Hayes resides in Patterson Lakes, Victoria. He has published extensively in public health. He married an Australian nurse he met in the Philippines while serving in the US Navy in the 1970s. He acknowledges the traditional custodians of this…
Mike Greenacre lives in Perth, W.A. He has published poems in Australia, UK & USA. In 2016 he won Equal 1st Prize in the Creatrix Poetry Prize and in 2019, his poem ‘Missing Pieces’ won first Prize in the Tom…
Nicoletta Glod, not your typical aspiring talent, has walked many roads; she navigated life as a mechanical and system engineer, but then the Romanian revolution—diverted her path. She drives the helm of an advertising company; this gave her wings to…
Luke Ciantar works as a Psychiatric doctor. He feels lucky to experience life in very remote indigenous communities. His tanka here is part of a series which aims to captures the beauty of these places, and the tense undercurrent in…
Dijanne Cevaal lives and creates in Morwell on Brayakaulung land, having moved there shortly before the pandemic. She is the author of 5 textile art books in France and 2 in Australia and exhibits her textile art widely. Her art…
Coral Carter lives in Perth but grew up in Kalgoorlie WA and Port Augusta SA. Coral was shortlisted in the Newcastle poetry prize 2022, won the Looking Forward/Looking Back ekphrastic poetry prize 2023, published two books Descended from Thieves Mulla…
Ailsa Brown lives in Queanbeyan, Ngambri/Ngunnawal country, NSW. Her writing is inspired by Australia’s natural environments. Ailsa’s visual art works also reflect these places. She enjoys walking, very often with fellow bushwalkers in her local area. Work by this poet
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.,…
