By Leo Stone I lie quite still and silent and listen to you breathe It’s something truly wonderful I struggle to believe How I, who is not worthy, ends up…
By Jim Paterson It says it’s 36ºC outside so no worries about the washing drying. The weather can be a bluffer, but three years into this drought, I doubt it’s…
By Katie Veitch When my feet hit the new ground, I expected more. Light to shoot up, an overwhelming sense of purpose, maybe just a new smell. But my suit…
By Josha Walker The air smells of salt and something older, like a prayer whispered to the tide before anyone knew what gods were. Palm shadows sway across the sand,…
By Brian Hill The air was clear away to inland where the shallow mountains settled beyond woodlands I called my own as if the earth was reaching up, as we…
By Brian Hill Born of joy, a bird in flight, flutters; the song it utters to the arching sky contains syllables never heard before that soar above the earth. There…
By Kevin Crowe He parked his car at the road’s end, left the key in the ignition and took the route they had walked on many occasions. As he struggled…
