OutbackAdmin WritersCentreMay 62 min readMARALINGA POSTSCRIPT by Nisaba MerrieweatherThe old lady speaks: They gave us back a murdered land, They gave us back a sick land. I should be dead, I shouldn't be here. I went...
OutbackAdmin WritersCentreApr 192 min readMOTH AND MOON by Nisaba MerrieweatherUnder lights, the white moth does crazy spirals of distress, ever faster and more jagged. If we can restrain ourselves, and live as...
OutbackAdmin WritersCentreApr 93 min readThe adventures of being an author by Nisaba MerrieweatherI’ve just had two days’ horror. Got a marked-up copy back from an editor yesterday, and sat down with some relish to go through it. All...
OutbackAdmin WritersCentreNov 20, 20231 min readSong of Water by Nisaba MerrieweatherIt is the sand gives birth to us - Dry grit, and thirst. The children of the riverbed Walk the chasms between granite plugs, The snouts...
OutbackAdmin WritersCentreOct 3, 20235 min readA Disgrace of Angels by Nisaba MerrieweatherNormally the collective noun for angels is choir, a choir of angels. But these ones had put aside their harps and were looking rather...
OutbackAdmin WritersCentreMar 31, 20233 min readLove Letter by Nisaba MerrieweatherLOVE LETTER Dear London, It has been 34 years since I landed at Heathrow and found my way into your heart without money, friends or...
OutbackAdmin WritersCentreFeb 13, 20231 min read42 by Lee Robinson42 As I sit and ponder The meaning of life I wonder The purpose of our existence My mind offers no assistance Thoughts run wild and get...