TO EVERYONE (AND THE FUTURE MOST LIKELY)

by RYDER KEREOPA (Australia)

Issue 4.1

April 2022

You think this poem will preserve the breeze,

preserve the dark and oaky trees

POETRY

THREE WAYS OF SAYING THE SUN IS SETTING

by JAYDA BRAIN (Australia)

Issue 4.1

April 2022

Pollen stuck to his thighs, the man feels 

something unnamable growing in his chest 

POETRY

FLOWER (VERB)

by ZARA VALE (Australia)

Issue 3.3

November 2021

You cringe as the door opens with a loud beep, but no one comes running. 

FICTION

MEN WAITING FOR A TRAIN

by LOIS BELOVED (Australia)

Issue 2.3

December 2020

At first they stand, orphaned, like a line of birds, 

first on one foot, then the other, in unison.

POETRY

THE FLOATING ANCHOR

by AILEEN BAK (Australia)

Issue 3.1

April 2021

As a Haenyeo, a Korean sea-woman, her day was just beginning, even before the sun rose in the bitter oceanic cold to ready herself to dive for her day's catch.

FICTION

CANBERRA OCEAN

by ENLING LIAO (Australia)

Issue 2.1

April 2019

Thirty-two nights without seeing a start

Bright, shining, good luck, good luck for me.

POETRY

WOOD AND WATER

by ENLING LIAO (Australia)

Issue 1.2

September 2019

Late afternoon. I never knew a whisper, soft and sweet, could sing

POETRY

CHILDHOOD

by GRACE LOVE (Australia)

Issue 1.2

September 2019

We walked along the small terrace of grass, the blinding heat of the sun forgotten . . .

PERSONAL REFLECTION

BECAUSE YOU'RE WORTH IT

by KIANA JACKSON (Australia)

Issue 1.2

September 2019

You're deplorable, horrible, despicable, ignorable. You reiterate, evaluate, desiccate . . .

POETRY

BREAKING THE SILENCE

by BRITNEY PHAM (Australia)

Issue 1.1

April 2019

The silence can be eerie

Dark, damp and cold

POETRY