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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 5, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Dream
Blue Whale most large. Sing to our babies and us. We breathe with you, ahh
David Gairdner
Apr 28, 20251 min read


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 28, 20251 min read


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 14, 20251 min read


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 14, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - First Anniversary of my Mother's Passing (04/04/25)
I call you, Mum, to remember the dead. You change the topic. I burn candles, while you blanket infernos. Fire cracks your coffee cup,...
David Gairdner
Apr 7, 20251 min read


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 31, 20251 min read


David Gairdner
Property too expensive? Live in a shoebox. Cemetery too expensive? Dead in a shoebox. Like the bird, broken necked by a window that...
David Gairdner
Mar 31, 20251 min read


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 31, 20251 min read


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 31, 20251 min read


David Gairdner
AFTER THE RAIN: Birds misnomer the field with seed. Months later, the harvest arrives.
David Gairdner
Mar 31, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Preserve
The sun is black, if you look at it enough.
David Gairdner
Mar 24, 20251 min read


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 24, 20251 min read


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 24, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Impress
The Necropolis: A city that always sleeps, Except late last night. Waking for event, Cemetery members' draw, Grandma wins trinkets.
David Gairdner
Mar 17, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Impress
Open your big eyes, telling me lies. Soul mate -- bye bye -- washing machine.
David Gairdner
Mar 17, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Impress
I spend life waiting, for you to ask for magic. Rabbit dies in hat.
David Gairdner
Mar 17, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Impress
Impressionism: Your sunsets weren't that blurry. My photos prove it.
David Gairdner
Mar 17, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Deep
My grandma in her late age, would speak to me of old loved ones passing. When she listed names, I would narrow my eyes, nod slowly and...
David Gairdner
Mar 10, 20251 min read


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 10, 20251 min read
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