Text: Scott Welsh is a poet and playwright. He has sold his work on the street for nearly twenty years. His work is often a reflection of street life and he has practised this artform in Victoria and NSW. Recent…
Category: new works
The Woman And The Person She Was – satnrose
wine in the morning sky the cold of the night not yet gone those who feel the way I do not yet awake or even in this godforsaken country the walls cracking as the temperature changes the wind smashing up…
The Thrill of Disaster – Craig Broad
There is something about a fire escape that just sets me off, the danger red latches onto the blood in my veins like a leech and beats on my heart, an old alarm, metal against metal, a beating drum metronome,…
Says the Green Man – David R. Morgan
‘I burn with desire,’ says the Green Man. On weekends I help my Dad look for his soul. He says he needs it now because he is about to become an angel. He can feel his wings almost beginning to…
First Date – Lek Borja
At the table. Table. Tables. A half-smile. A frown? Indifference. First hand. Hands hold a cold glass. Cold glasses. Warm glasses. A mutter In the loud noise Lips breaking apart, yours slowly opening for a breath. Eyes. White as white…
Everything is Reality – Jake David
Editor: Every now and then, an editor receives a [poem] that defies explanation and presentation. It’s neither a prose piece, a stream of consciousness, nor does it have any discernible features that showponys it as an artform. It just is.…
earth, 2010 – Vaughan Rapatahana
earth, 2010 a c d r i i a c n rhy ms th molest[me] app r e t d v t i e a n a circus t with …
STUNGTIME – RC Miller
STUNGTIME Chokeholds on my belt of explosives go up lace, and for tanning reasons a mud- welled smokescreen floats other people’s grinds half a century forfeited. Often I park my car, want sleep and even yoga. One day skins the…
The Chicken Poem – Andrew Galan
My concept is: Chicken I SHOULD HAVE DEFROSTED THE CHICKEN BECAUSE WITTY REPARTEE IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE DONE OPEN BRACKET FULLSTOP CLOSE BRACKET I SHOULD OPEN BRACKET INSERT WITTY COMMENT HERE CLOSE BRACKET…
A New Theology – Iain Britton
1 There’s optimism for you in that crimson canopy. There’s this aboriginal connectedness which is comprehensible if you want it. 2 I’m told the way forward is actually to enjoy polishing the skins of various types of fruit before we…