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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


Cabbages – Carolyn Rudinsky
Far away in a distant land the most prized of all things were their cabbages. The cabbages were spectacular and were grown in all colours...
Carolyn Rudinsky
Jun 17, 20242 min read


Cabbages - Vesna McMaster
‘I didn’t know where to look, I swear.’ ‘What do you mean? She couldn’t really have.’ ‘I tell you, she was sitting there, dressing gown...
Vesna McMaster
Jun 17, 20242 min read


Cabbages - Michael Collins
from a cabbage to a king a story oft told a metaphor of transformation akin to transmutation... from lead to gold there was once a tale a...
Michael Collins
Jun 17, 20241 min read


The Cabbage Murders - Michael Sheridan
Detective inspector Jane Conway walked into the crime screen and immediately called her boss. “Commissioner, we have another cabbage.”...
Michael Sheridan
Jun 17, 20241 min read


Baby Cabbages – Carol Gano
Yes, that’s the story kiddies are told if parents are not quite ready to disclose the entire story. My kid has got a bun in the oven. Due...
Carol Gano
Jun 17, 20242 min read


Cabbages - Kevan Smith
‘Cabbages cabbages where do you keep the cabbages,’ Chef blustered and bluffed his way through the storeroom. ‘You can’t make a slaw...
Kevan Smith
Jun 17, 20241 min read


Haiku - David Gairdner
Cockatoos forming Flight like snow falling, upward A song in reverse. White page like the snow Blue cabbages pocketed Ending at full stop.
David Gairdner
Jun 17, 20241 min read


Beloved Palm - Michael Collins
Beloved palm sits in the shade... Like me... It does not seem to like to see the sun... Again... Like me... And though my Beloved is...
Michael Collins
May 13, 20242 min read


Palm Beloved- David Gairdner
-Half a year (astonished) Constantly Surprised. At time leaving When do we lose that? -Before I begin I have a far back top molar that is...
David Gairdner
May 13, 20241 min read


Palm - Vesna McMaster
Palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss. Hand Give me your hands. When April, with its showers sweet, the drought of March has pierced to the...
Vesna McMaster
May 13, 20241 min read


Beloved - Elaine Abery
You were always there for me, my dear, faithful, trusted friend. Together, we embraced clear, sparkling, sun-kissed waters, misty...
Elaine Abery
May 13, 20241 min read


Beloved Palm - Kevan Smith
“Get out of my way” gruffed the mountain as he barged through the shopping mall, forcing his trolley past and through a gathering....
Kevan Smith
May 13, 20242 min read


Power Lines – Elaine Abery
'I’m trying to help YOU!’ Exasperated, my voice rises. ‘I need your name, address and phone number before I can log your issue.’ ‘For...
Elaine Abery
Apr 8, 20242 min read


Power Lines – David Gairdner
Again Agaia Again Don’t Do’t I Death to sticks I won’t have it any other way Paralyse Powerlines Just because they sound the same doesn’t...
David Gairdner
Apr 8, 20241 min read


Power Lines - Lara Grainge
Lost. Desolate. Uneasy. That’s how our hero suddenly felt in this strange land. She sure didn’t expect to end up HERE when having to...
Lara Grainge
Apr 8, 20241 min read


Power Lines – Michael Collins
Power lines provide... well... Power... To the people Not in any political sense of course... Though... that may well be a matter of...
Michael Collins
Apr 8, 20241 min read


Power Lines – Carol Gano
THE most tangled mess of power lines I’ve ever seen was in Kathmandu. Now if any place has the ‘right’ to have mixed wires, it’d be...
Carol Gano
Apr 8, 20241 min read


Power Lines - Vesna McMaster
I thought it was geophysics that drew me to her. Nothing to do with volition. Asphalt ley lines through the concrete jungle, inexorable....
Vesna McMaster
Apr 8, 20241 min read


Power Lines - Kevan Smith
‘No, no that’s not how it works’ flustered Polamo Nopendero, his cheeks reddening and jowls wobbling. ‘I said it is MY decision who gets...
Kevan Smith
Apr 8, 20241 min read


Power Lines - Carolyn Rudinsky
The cattle station was filled with angry stockmen. It had been six weeks with no power and those that lived there were getting bored,...
Carolyn Rudinsky
Apr 8, 20242 min read
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