Love in Abundance and Decay: Vessels of Love 2026

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  • Earth Apples of Modern Love and Mushrooms (Julie Maclean)Earth Apples of Modern Love and Mushrooms (Julie Maclean)
    after Marina Abramovic at MOMA They are lying again about Putin’s hacking I return to tears rolling face to face hungry for the strange one to look deep for longer ... Read More
  • Sarah T (Liam Ferney)Sarah T (Liam Ferney)
    I bring you back Cathay. That’s what Cathy says off the plane from Denpasar. A bottle of Piper on my bed waiting for you while you outwait an Operations Manager’s ... Read More
UNpersoned Podcast

Tune in to the UNpersoned Podcast where managing editor Michele Seminara unpacks what's happening in the arts and literary scenes with guests from Australia and around the world. 

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The Vault

Fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism published in Verity La since 2013.

An archive of writing committed to artistic independence, freedom of expression, and resistance to ideological conformity.
  • First Kiss (Trixi Rosa)First Kiss (Trixi Rosa)
    My first kiss was framed by rusty corrugated iron walls and wonky wooden fences. It was sung by earth shattering sounds of passing cement-tankers. The crown of my head melting ... Read More
  • Untitled (Luke Patterson)Untitled (Luke Patterson)
    (edited by Phillip Hall) I’m not even sure how to speak my father’s Country  or tame the river  dog’s cunning drag  to the bog bottom  of reconciliation.  But I tell ... Read More

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