At home Geoffrey went straight to the laptop in their bedroom. Thank God neither Esperanza nor Nicola was in the house. He settled with his…
Pulled from my mother’s womb, I clung on. Resisting the waves and Obstetrician’s skill; his metal hands clamped on my soft-born skull. An audience…
The call has been made. Now she sprays the worktop first with Mr Muscle then wipes the whole surface down. Spotless. Then she repeats, cleaning each…
He will die tonight I opened the door onto the yard And many times I shooed him out with the yellow napkin And each time…
Australian novelist Tim Winton, who has also written short stories, plays, children’s books and non-fiction, is the winner of numerous literary prizes, including the Miles…
Piece 1: The Marine Expert I once swam the Tyne river, on a balmy and deceptively cold September morning at first light. I remember that…
DIVINE INSTALLATION On the other side of the river, the less fashionable side, in a quieter place, away from the bars with their big screen…
Waterwheel There’s a turn like this in love: her resisting the lateral-loads and bridging the artist’s instrument. A saline eye fixing space, she’s moving…
Bairn, burn, bonny, sweer cuddy dottle. The source for the Tyneside vocabulary here used for headings is the University of Hawaii’s internet page on language…
In the depth of the Seven Seas A Sinbad I became And drowned at an early age My own sin was curiosity, freedom and hunger…
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