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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


David Gairdner - Lose
A thought at the dentist's office: Replace an old myth with a new metaphor. The pain of death? Only the pain of the anaesthetic needle.
David Gairdner
May 51 min read
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David Gairdner - Dream
Blue Whale most large. Sing to our babies and us. We breathe with you, ahh
David Gairdner
Apr 281 min read
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David Gairdner - Notes written, half dreaming.
Vital parts of a maverick's life: Semolina, cantina, saddled by Abilena. Saddled by a stove top collage. Saddled by a syringe on a silver...
David Gairdner
Apr 281 min read
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David Gairdner - Leaf
Leaf below bare fig: The skin blushing from fall, covers Eden's guest. God is getting old. We dread that 3am call. Could be any day.
David Gairdner
Apr 141 min read
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David Gairdner - Tent
‘Hi I am Tent. Part of Unusual Names Anonymous. I implore you all to introduce yourselves.’ ‘Hi I’m Uluru, formerly known as Ayers.’ ...
David Gairdner
Apr 141 min read
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David Gairdner - First Anniversary of my Mother's Passing (04/04/25)
I call you, Mum, to remember the dead. You change the topic. Â I burn candles, while you blanket infernos. Â Fire cracks your coffee cup,...
David Gairdner
Apr 71 min read
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David Gairdner - My Life as an Online Friend
I'm clipboard copy/paster saved for later put me in your library then delete forever
David Gairdner
Mar 311 min read
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David Gairdner
Property too expensive? Live in a shoebox. Cemetery too expensive? Dead in a shoebox. Â Like the bird, broken necked by a window that...
David Gairdner
Mar 311 min read
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David Gairdner - Paste
Da Vinci smiled, seeing himself in the albumen. Yeah, I know that smile too. I've sung those highway blues. All are self-portraits to her.
David Gairdner
Mar 311 min read
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David Gairdner
Some things are like the rain. Though you can feel it up close, it is easier to see from a distance, or surmised when walking a soft field.
David Gairdner
Mar 311 min read
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David Gairdner
AFTER THE RAIN: Birds misnomer the field with seed. Months later, the harvest arrives.
David Gairdner
Mar 311 min read
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David Gairdner - Preserve
The sun is black, if you look at it enough.
David Gairdner
Mar 241 min read
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David Gairdner - Preserve
Long after the tree withered, orange quartered, marmalade slathered, glass jar shattered; A buried shard enters flesh, waking a sleeping...
David Gairdner
Mar 241 min read
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David Gairdner - Preserve
I wake up feeling like I've lost a fortune.... I will not sleep in those mansions again. The wealth is housed by others. It's too late.
David Gairdner
Mar 241 min read
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David Gairdner - Impress
The Necropolis: A city that always sleeps, Except late last night. Â Waking for event, Cemetery members' draw, Grandma wins trinkets.
David Gairdner
Mar 171 min read
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David Gairdner - Impress
Open your big eyes, telling me lies. Soul mate -- bye bye -- washing machine.
David Gairdner
Mar 171 min read
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David Gairdner - Impress
I spend life waiting, for you to ask for magic. Rabbit dies in hat.
David Gairdner
Mar 171 min read
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David Gairdner - Impress
Impressionism: Your sunsets weren't that blurry. My photos prove it.
David Gairdner
Mar 171 min read
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David Gairdner - Deep
My grandma in her late age, would speak to me of old loved ones passing. Â When she listed names, I would narrow my eyes, nod slowly and...
David Gairdner
Mar 101 min read
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David Gairdner - Cabinet
Medicine The mirror/bathroom Behind the visage Behind the glass and film Lies the medicine cabinet. I peel back the mirror’s face, to...
David Gairdner
Mar 101 min read
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