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Moonlight On Marri

by Allan Padgett Gazing at the Universe in the middle hours of night, a long and deep window accessing a sizable slice of close to midnight sky. Suddenly a jolt: a massive Marri tree in full bloom, rearing. No sounds…

Sounds on a Bushwalk

by Andrew Hede Incessant cacophony of unseen insects: pulsating rhythms, syncopated percussion, staccato strumming of cicadas interrupted by footstep vibrations triggering a Mexican wave of silence. Frenetic chatter-songs of excited birds: kookaburras raucousing, lorikeets shrilling, macho mating call of a…

Jonathan Cant

Jonathan Cant is a Sydney-based writer, poet and musician. He won the 2023 Banjo Paterson Writing Awards for Contemporary Poetry, was shortlisted in the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the 2023 Fish Poetry Prize. His poems have…

Jennifer Sutherland

Jennifer Sutherland of Victoria, Australia, has been writing haiku since 2010. She has had her work appear in haiku anthologies published by Modern Haiku, Red Moon Press, Haiku Society of America, and Australia Haiku Society, and in a variety of…

Carl Walsh

Carl Walsh is a neurodiverse poet who lives and writes on Wurundjeri Country. His poetry has appeared in StylusLit, Westerly, Rabbit, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Wales Haiku Journal, The Madrigal and Meanjin (amongst others). Carl’s first book of poetry, Tarp Green…

Hazel Hall

Hazel Hall is an Australian poet, musicologist and editor living on Ngunnawal and Ngambi land. She recently directed the Poetry at Manning Clark House poetry series in Canberra. She has published five poetry books and four chapbooks. Hazel and Moya…

Gerard Lewis-Fitzgerald

Gerard Lewis-Fitzgerald lives in Beaconsfield, Victoria. Retired, he amuses himself by writing poetry, performing in community theatre (having had two of his short plays performed at Gemco, Emerald). He is a member of Baw Baw Arts Alliance, participating in Poetry…

Gavin Austin

Gavin Austin was born in South-East Gippsland, Victoria, but now calls Sydney his home. His work has been widely published internationally in literary journals and anthologies, broadcast on Australian Community Radio, and produced for play festivals, and has been successful…

Gwen Bitti

Gwen Bitti – born in India – now lives in Sydney, Australia. Her Japanese genre poems appear in various publications. One was featured And another appraised by Michael Buckingham Gray. Her memoir, Between Two Worlds, won an award. One…

J F Garrow

J F Garrow was born and raised in England, took degrees there in Philosophy and in Literature, and now lives in Gippsland with partner and children, where he teaches ethics and the humanities. He exploits performance especially, hoping to leverage…