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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


Spring - Ricci Schwarzler
Nina drove along the road and could see her old teacher who made her life miserable. She was so nasty that she made children wee their...
Ricci Schwarzler
Sep 11 min read


Spring - Vesna McMaster
My name means spring, and my name day is in March. It all makes sense in the northern hemisphere. My partner celebrates it on Sept 1 st ,...
Vesna McMaster
Sep 11 min read


David Gairdner - Spring
Spring finds the fulcrum. The leaves fall upward and gift; flowers, freshest fruit.
David Gairdner
Sep 11 min read


Carol Gano - Spring
"What's that step?" the Macedonian grandmother halted the dance. Eyes pivoted, but gently. They all hoped to be dancing at her age. She...
Carol Gano
Sep 12 min read


Kevan Smith - Spring
Coolness over body. Family, friends glide through the gentle water of Bay. Faster, slower, up, down. Flow along beautiful, soft,...
Kevan Smith
Sep 11 min read


Ricci Schwarzler - Degree
It was one of those days in August in the southern hemisphere, at about 32 degrees latitude, where it was on the cusp of winter and...
Ricci Schwarzler
Aug 254 min read


David Gairdner
Aug 250 min read


Kevan Smith - Degree
Blinking, slowly. For an eternity, his lid closes like time standing still. Staring through eyes of eternal pain, lenses of...
Kevan Smith
Aug 251 min read


Ricci Schwarzler - Guy
Cath our boss, walked in to the office and said, ‘Can one of you guys talk to Mark when he comes in today, about the job in Tamworth...
Ricci Schwarzler
Aug 183 min read


Kevan Smith - Guy
“Guy” is male and old French for ‘guide or lead’. Guy of Gisborne tried trapping Robin and stealing Marian. Sebastian sings at people...
Kevan Smith
Aug 181 min read


David Gairdner - Guy
I am just some guy. It is just my opinion. I should just shut up.
David Gairdner
Aug 181 min read


Kevan Smith - Cold
Shaking snow off his bear-hide Grog trudges into the cave. “Corrrr, bloody cold out there. Freeze tha tits offya mammoth”. He kicks the...
Kevan Smith
Aug 111 min read


Michael Sheridan - The age of the monster truck
As a result of a roo-strike I’ve found myself urgently in need of a new car. I’ve done a lot more research than I’m willing to tell my...
Michael Sheridan
Aug 112 min read


David Gairdner - Age
Founded balloons… Silken worms form the loom Lunatics feed off the womb. Guarded meal worms … Death of old age. The elixir of the...
David Gairdner
Aug 111 min read


Vesna McMaster – Age
‘How’re mum and baby doing today? All well?’ The midwife pats the covers and leans over the silent, close-wrapped bundle. ‘Oh, what a...
Vesna McMaster
Aug 111 min read


Carol Gano - Age
Age of Anthropocene. it's the geological epic dating from significant human impact on earth's geology and ecosystems including the...
Carol Gano
Aug 112 min read


Ricci Schwarzler - Bird Flu/Cold
“Hey Jack, what seems to be the problem?” ”You’re doing an awful lot of coughing.” “I’m not sure, I just can’t seem to stop.” “It...
Ricci Schwarzler
Aug 111 min read


Ricci Schwarzler - Age
I’m waiting to see the doctor and contemplating her comments about every issue I have relating to age. Oh dear here it comes. ‘Well yes...
Ricci Schwarzler
Aug 112 min read


David - Cold
Don't sleep with livestock. You will catch the strangest things, and make hens jealous.
David Gairdner
Aug 111 min read


Michael Collins - Age
You are as old as you feel. What a truism. I was 25 a long time ago. And I must have felt old, because I wrote a poem about being......
Michael Collins
Aug 112 min read
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