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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


Ricci Schwarzler – Tent
The crows called in the distance. Waaing their way across the grey green sky. Wha whaaaa. We were snuggled in the old canvas tent...
Ricci Schwarzler
Apr 142 min read
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Kevan Smith – Tent
‘Yeah, I like tents. I used to travel with my family, as a kid, up and down the NSW coast. Even up to 10 years ago a friend and I would...
Kevan Smith
Apr 141 min read
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Jeanette Abery – Tent
‘That’s mine – that’s my tent’ said the boy pointing to the smallest tent on the camping site. How many animals fit into the tent?...
Jeanette Abery
Apr 141 min read
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Elaine Abery - Tent
“It’s true. I lived in a tent for a year.” “A whole year, uninterrupted?” “Of course. A year’s a year… I don’t have any of the chicken...
Elaine Abery
Apr 141 min read
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Vesna McMaster - Ocean View
‘I’ll book it in tentatively.’ ‘There’s no point beating around the bush. There no other time. Either we do it then or we don’t do it...
Vesna McMaster
Apr 142 min read
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Ricci Schwarzler
My Spring was warm, hot, sunny Friends, funny My summer was hot, fun, Laughter, sun. Its autumn. Hot, cold, warm, cool. Colours vibrant...
Ricci Schwarzler
Apr 141 min read
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David Gairdner - Leaf
Leaf below bare fig: The skin blushing from fall, covers Eden's guest. God is getting old. We dread that 3am call. Could be any day.
David Gairdner
Apr 141 min read
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Carol Gano – Tents
When Elle was in Year 10 at Burwood Girls’ High) she and I moved to Portland, Oregon USA for a year to determine if she wanted an...
Carol Gano
Apr 142 min read
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David Gairdner - Tent
‘Hi I am Tent. Part of Unusual Names Anonymous. I implore you all to introduce yourselves.’ ‘Hi I’m Uluru, formerly known as Ayers.’ ...
David Gairdner
Apr 141 min read
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David Gairdner - First Anniversary of my Mother's Passing (04/04/25)
I call you, Mum, to remember the dead. You change the topic. I burn candles, while you blanket infernos. Fire cracks your coffee cup,...
David Gairdner
Apr 71 min read
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David Gairdner - My Life as an Online Friend
I'm clipboard copy/paster saved for later put me in your library then delete forever
David Gairdner
Mar 301 min read
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David Gairdner
Property too expensive? Live in a shoebox. Cemetery too expensive? Dead in a shoebox. Like the bird, broken necked by a window that...
David Gairdner
Mar 301 min read
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David Gairdner - Paste
Da Vinci smiled, seeing himself in the albumen. Yeah, I know that smile too. I've sung those highway blues. All are self-portraits to her.
David Gairdner
Mar 301 min read
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Vesna McMaster - Paste
I don’t have time to Assemble a decent verse Open the jarred paste
Vesna McMaster
Mar 301 min read
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David Gairdner
Some things are like the rain. Though you can feel it up close, it is easier to see from a distance, or surmised when walking a soft field.
David Gairdner
Mar 301 min read
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Vesna McMaster - Paste
Impasto thinking an overlapping chaos brain swamped in paint splats
Vesna McMaster
Mar 301 min read
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David Gairdner
AFTER THE RAIN: Birds misnomer the field with seed. Months later, the harvest arrives.
David Gairdner
Mar 301 min read
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Vesna McMaster - Paste
Misread calendar Deadline closer than I thought Face like mushroom pate
Vesna McMaster
Mar 301 min read
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David Gairdner - Preserve
The sun is black, if you look at it enough.
David Gairdner
Mar 241 min read
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Kevan Smith - Preserve
My job is to keep treasured foodstuffs safe but accessible to family members, and customers. One way to achieve this is to prevent...
Kevan Smith
Mar 231 min read
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