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NEWCASTLE CREATIVE WRITERS


David Gairdner - Tomato
INT. KITCHEN - DAY Landline phone. Middle-aged. TRENT GORMAN is on the phone. The house is cluttered with things. Trent is crying. ...
David Gairdner
Mar 3, 20256 min read


David Gairdner - Recover
What problems to solve? We die, we die, we die, we die, we die, we die, we die, love. Personal troubles: Think solving life's problems...
David Gairdner
Feb 24, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Still
Sit with overwhelm. Take a breath and give one back, life's only request.
David Gairdner
Feb 17, 20251 min read


David Gairdner – Wind
The government claimed my house and designated it as an area for wetlands rejuvenation. It’s been 30 years since I last said goodbye to...
David Gairdner
Feb 10, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Snake
The year of the snake: Its egg swollen and obscured. Cracked from fall or birth?
David Gairdner
Feb 3, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Return
I returned to Australia from China. Last time I returned from China ten years ago, I dropped by to see my Grandma with souvenirs,...
David Gairdner
Jan 27, 20252 min read


David Gairdner
Jan 20, 20250 min read


David Gairdner - Table
I break all the rules When I sit down on tables and write haikus.
David Gairdner
Jan 13, 20251 min read


David Gairdner - Sun
I'm crepusculared cresting on the blinding star, satellite vision
David Gairdner
Jan 6, 20251 min read


David Gairdner
Painting away The chimney did not (…) enjoyable No one enjoyed the experience It was deathly for all The chimney knew it would be...
David Gairdner
Dec 9, 20241 min read


David Gairdner – Ocean Blues
- Fish can’t feel depression but what is the harm in thinking they do. - Perhaps they are just undiagnosed. - Could...
David Gairdner
Sep 9, 20241 min read


David Gardner – Personality
What do I see in Ash? I don’t see much. I see a meat boy. Faffing around Meat puppet He is loyal. He is like my dog, the one I...
David Gairdner
Aug 12, 20242 min read


David Gairdner - Haiku
Cloud curtained winter I lose my way in thicket without leaving home.
David Gairdner
Jul 8, 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


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


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


France - David Gairdner
Tobit France. What kind of name is that? The name my mother gave me. And the last name a bastard forebear gave himself, probably wanting...
David Gairdner
Feb 12, 20241 min read


The street - David Gairdner
The concrete kerbside is not the least uncomfortable of substances. Ahoy Sailor You are amorphous matter Sit on this concrete. Sit on...
David Gairdner
Jan 8, 20241 min read


Tall Tales - David Gairdner
(3 mins) Tall… T a l l -Mayfield is 20 minutes away oh no. -The dish washing Man. -He will not wait in this heat. -slowly wait. -Do you...
David Gairdner
Dec 11, 20231 min read
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