Ah, black Christmas, you’ve arrived again, too soon. Why did you hurry back? We’re not glad to see you, we’ve been imprisoned for so many years. Ah, black Christmas — …
The Work of Atonement: Bogimbah Creek Mission (Fiona Foley)
Queensland has so far alienated about 10,000,000 acres of freehold land, and leased about 300,000,000 acres for pastoral occupation. For the first we have received about six and a quarter …
A ROOM OF MIRRORS: Hazel Hall reviews Lizz Murphy’s ‘the wear of my face’
Edited by Robyn Cadwallader Lizz Murphy is a micro poet ― at her best when forging images from a few words. One tiny phrase becomes a poem. The result is …
Home for the Rodeo (Robbie Coburn)
1 As I drive down Selkirk road for the first time in months, the thing that strikes me most is the number of cattle I see; on both sides of …
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 …
Spirit of Renewal Poetry Reading
Welcome to SPIRIT OF RENEWAL, the Manly Art Gallery and Museum Poetry Alive Reading. This annual event, a synergy of art and poetry, is now in its 7th year. In …
Something In Your Eyes (Kween G)
Artist’s Statement ‘Something in Your Eyes’ is about identifying when someone has been affected by traumatic times. A rise of consciousness is needed in order to identify and recognise our …
Count the Ways (Linda Godfrey)
My Grandmother’s Rifle Reading at the breakfast table, I turn to the book pages and there’s a complaint from a reviewer. Modern poetry is all about the small incidents from …
The Yellow Scarf (Gay Lynch)
‘The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it’ — Oscar Wilde, The Critic as an Artist (1891) Yellow is bold, resistant and grievous. Yellow is fat with …
OPENING THE INNER EYE: Anne Casey’s ‘the light we cannot see’
Review by Wendy J Dunn Edited by Robyn Cadwallader We surface abruptly Somewhere between the third and fourth stages, …