Letter to a Reader
by Mark Mordue
Hey You,
Can you feel me there – with you, still?
Or is it you who is here, with me now, as I write us this letter?
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Dali and the Department of War (Tim Slade)
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WINGSPAN: A Festschrift for Robert Adamson
Almost Once Devin Johnston The moment you died, the day turned sideways, no longer moving in any direction, the winter…
The Mayoral Robes (Mark O’Flynn)
When the homemade pipe bomb detonated outside the Council chambers one night shattering the glazed double doors and the windscreens…
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Skin Hunger (Kathy Parker)
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Featured Writing
Recent Works
The latest poetry, fiction, essays, art and reviews from Verity La.
Dali and the Department of War (Tim Slade)
A metal beak opens: rewriting history, hairpin maneuvers of flight, sparrows nest peacefully inside a dead motor. The sparrows work,…
WINGSPAN: A Festschrift for Robert Adamson
Almost Once Devin Johnston The moment you died, the day turned sideways, no longer moving in any direction, the winter…
The Mayoral Robes (Mark O’Flynn)
When the homemade pipe bomb detonated outside the Council chambers one night shattering the glazed double doors and the windscreens…
Fantasy (Murtaza Ali)
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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
SONDER SECLUSION (Faizan Adil)Artist’s Statement Sonder: the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. Seclusion: the state of being private and away from other ... Read More
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The Vault
Fiction, poetry, essays, and criticism published in Verity La since 2010.
An archive of writing committed to freedom of expression and resistance to ideological conformity.
VERITY LA POETRY PODCAST Episode 4: Ben FraterBEN FRATER: This month we’re celebrating the work of Ben Frater with our Clozapine Clinic Co-editors Tim Heffernan and Alise Blayney. To kick off, Tim shares his plans for the upcoming ... Read More
My Nana is a Mermaid (Anna Jacobson)Artist’s Statement This video work was inspired by old photographs I discovered of my nana and grandad when they were young. I was drawn to the photograph of my nana ... Read More
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