Tasmanian Times
Poetry & Short Stories
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978I leaned in for the kiss …
Amber WilsonI leaned in for the kiss. He leaned in for the kill. AND … The context …
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Little tiny smudge of fur, How I wonder what you were … ?
A poetic tribute to Don Knowler’s Riding the Devil’s Highway, here Little tiny smudge of fur How I wonder what you were...
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Deceptions and such pranks are fun though …
Image from here I’m a fairly trusting bloke but only after I’ve exhausted all the possibilities of chicanery, deception and perfidy, commonly...
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Hey There Mister Prime Minister
jj earthschildHey There Mister Prime Minister (When you offered knighthood to the consort of the crown were you dreaming up employment as...
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Dear Hodgy
jj earthschildDear Hodgy It seems a little dodgy When aided and Abetzded by the cronies you love best that you’re taking on...
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Poetry and Anti-poetry
Nicanor Parra Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (born 5 September 1914) is a Chilean poet, mathematician, and physicist. He is considered an influential...
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To stay or go into exile
Czeslaw Milosz This year Patrick Modiano received the Nobel Prize for Literature and, as often before, it was a complete surprise when...
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Writers and artists … saving wildlife and habitats …
Image, Ralph Wessman, HERE, where there are more images from the festival Writers and artists are at the forefront of the battle...
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Postcards from Bruny
The Tasmanian Writers’ Centre Read more here
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It’s about all of US
Isla MacGregorShe was her best friend – and found out she was exchanging drugs for sex He is her father – he...
