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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


David Gairdner – Day’ve
Day ‘ have ‘Day’ve taken all of dem.’ Dayton scoured the drawers, finding nothing but rubber bands and old crayons from when his nephew stayed last April for the holidays. ‘Where did they put de damn tings.’ His botched dental work from seven years ago, which caused his daily migraines and speech difficulties, had affected his internal monologue. His inner voice, aped the outer voice’s speech. As if his disembodied mental self had an appointment at the same dentist. Did the l
David Gairdner
Apr 131 min read


David Gairdner - Dolphin
Dolphins are right here. Doing beach ball tricks gladly. They are in our hearts.
David Gairdner
Nov 23, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Bunch
A bunch of grapes sit. The grapes are bunched together. The green grapes sit still.
David Gairdner
Nov 16, 20251 min read


David Gairdner – Knife
• That's not a knife, this is a knife. • Was it one of the Modernists who painted a picture of a • knife and said this is a knife? • Then another guy painted the same picture and said this is not a knife . Writing is like art, it is a deception. I am holding a knife in my hand right now. I am bleeding. Blood is falling from the sleeve of skin above my wrist. Did this happen? Maybe it did. If it did, the image you see in your mind is not quite like the actual incident. Could I
David Gairdner
Oct 30, 20252 min read


David Gairdner - Table
Table grapes still sit. The light lights and warms the grapes. Grapes still green in bowl.
David Gairdner
Oct 26, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Quality
Grapes are in a bowl. I see them still green sitting. Should I eat a grape?
David Gairdner
Oct 19, 20251 min read


David Gairdner
A voice exits sleep: "I had a bunch of flowers" I dreamed something else.
David Gairdner
Sep 30, 20251 min read


David Gairdner
The candle store scents, They will last longer than life, if you're not careful.
David Gairdner
Sep 30, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Spark
Spider's cathedral: Rainbows unbent shaping light, Sparkled stigmata.
David Gairdner
Sep 29, 20251 min read


David Gairdner
Sep 22, 20250 min read


David Gairdner - Exasperating
Exasperating, exacerbating milieu, tripping down or up.
David Gairdner
Sep 15, 20251 min read


David Gairdner – Lemon
- Citron is French for lemon. - My mother didn’t know that, but she knew she liked leather seating. In her sophisticated...
David Gairdner
Sep 8, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Spring
Spring finds the fulcrum. The leaves fall upward and gift; flowers, freshest fruit.
David Gairdner
Sep 1, 20251 min read


David Gairdner
Aug 25, 20250 min read


David Gairdner - Guy
I am just some guy. It is just my opinion. I should just shut up.
David Gairdner
Aug 18, 20251 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 11, 20251 min read


David - Cold
Don't sleep with livestock. You will catch the strangest things, and make hens jealous.
David Gairdner
Aug 11, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Bridge
Bridging difference Walk to the edge and jump off. Shylock bleeding out.
David Gairdner
Aug 4, 20251 min read


David Gairdner and Wenjun Duo - Bridge
I form into bridge. Today has been a big week. Now for child's pose. David Today has a been a big week, from the downward dog, to forming...
David Gairdner
Aug 4, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Wind
Trees brushed against sky. "It's like a movie," she said. "How is that?" I asked.
David Gairdner
Jul 28, 20251 min read
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