Dali and the Department of War
A metal beak opens: rewriting history,
hairpin maneuvers of flight, sparrows
nest peacefully inside a dead motor.
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Fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism published in Verity La since 2013.
Set Me Free (Jalal Mahamede)COURT Judge: What’s your name? Accused: Human. Judge: Who are your parents? Accused: Neither mother nor father. Judge: Place of birth? Accused: Paradise that has turned to ruins. Judge: Family ... Read More
The Gentle Art of Releasing (Janette Dadd)(Edited by Alise Blayney & Tim Heffernan) Bones You’re in my dreams now. I can’t get rid of you. ... Read More
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.
Fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism published in Verity La since 2013.
Back Row (Andrew Hall)Bowling Shoes I just remembered today that when I was a kid, whenever we went bowling, I used to wear bowling shoes. They would all change into theirs, then Dad ... Read More
The Silence Between One Person and the Next: Richard James Allen’s The Short Story of You and I (Tony Messenger)Review by Tony Messenger Edited by Robyn Cadwallader In 2016, UWA Publishing launched their new poetry list ‘in response to the reductions in poetry publishing nationally’, and in the three ... Read More
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