Dali and the Department of War
by Tim Slade
A metal beak opens: rewriting history,
hairpin maneuvers of flight, sparrows
nest peacefully inside a dead motor.
Read New Poetry
Featured Writing
Recent Works
The latest poetry, fiction, essays, art and reviews from Verity La.
Featured Writing
Recent Works
The latest poetry, fiction, essays, art and reviews from Verity La.
Fantasy (Murtaza Ali)
Visual Arts
See All
Artwork, illustration and visual storytelling.
Sea Country (Sophie Finlay)
Wali (Djon Mundine OAM)
Drawing on the Land: Garigal Country (Michael Glasheen)
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.
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.
Explore our Archives
Lines on Maps and Foreheads: Three Poems (Paul Mitchell)Ode to dismantle a poetry god I saw you bathing on the roof with all your Greek myths. Medusa was my favourite – I caught her staring at your naked ... Read More
Removing Blood Stains <br>(Amy T Matthews)(edited by Laura McPhee-Browne) 1. Exsanguination. Ex – out of. Sanguis – blood. To bleed out. 2. It takes up to fifteen minutes to bleed out. 3. Felix Baumgartner fell ... 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.
Watch interviews and social commentary selected by our editors from the Vault.
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.
Treading Water (Caroline Reid)I On average there are 2.59 people in an Australian household. On average there are eight peas in a pod. Some days I’m the biggest pea. On average I shame ... Read More
My Father’s Shopping List (Mark O’Flynn)The trouble with having a doctor for a father is that you are brought up calling a spade a spade. Or more accurately a spatula a spatula, a scalpel a ... Read More
Verity La Press
Selected titles from our authors.
About Verity La Journal
Verity La Journal is an independent international literary journal publishing fiction, poetry, visual arts, essays and cultural commentary.
Join our mailing list to get email updates.
Subscribe now
About Verity La Journal
Verity La Journal is an independent international literary journal publishing fiction, poetry, visual arts, essays and cultural commentary. Join our mailing list to get email updates.