Tasmanian Times
Poetry & Short Stories
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3.6KCourageous Conversations Bridge Understanding
Coming out as a trans person in a small, rural Australian town can be a challenging experience, often marked by misunderstanding and...
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Rob Donnelly – Haunted by the Past
Rob Donnelly, the author of this short piece, argues that the fears we project onto new immigrants today—that they will take our...
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Harmonica Helps Gary Find Joy and Purpose
I knew people with depression, but I didn’t think I had any. In any case, I was given a book by a...
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‘No-One Goes to the Circus in Winter’
The temperature dropped below freezing that night, as the news spread across the island. Many felt a numb sense of déjà vu,...
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5.1K
Nature’s Philosophy
Nocturnal birds in sibilant causerie Forest creatures in distant revelry While nature’s blanket dims their rivalry And stills the air to peaceful...
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3.9K
Meanwhile in Tasmania (and Scotland!)
Tasmanian Times (TT) is a community-based news and current affairs service covering the island state of Tasmania. It exists to provide a...
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3.6K
Ouse River Floods – 2 Poems
Inundation Swards of green; cows by the score, calves afoot grazing the morning sun. Then without warning… a tsunami;...
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Wisdom from a Long Life
To speak to your younger, more naive self in another, and teach them before they may repeat your mistakes will heal the...
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Book Review: ‘The Lives of Sharks’
The Lives of Sharks – A Natural History of Shark Life, by Daniel C Abel and R Dean Grubbs, is a hardback...
