Writing Submissions

We publish hundreds of writing submissions. Here’s a selection of what they’ve been writing and sending in.

Music is so powerful by Sara Mansour

Music is so powerful in the sense that one sound can transport you to a place, a person or a feeling instantly. One of the most transportive songs of all...

Imma let you finish… by Sara Mansour

Imma let you finish… but Beyonce’s latest album is arguably her best one yet. Collaborative, fiery and empowering, it is both a nod to the past and a glimmer of...

I’m not sure if a perfect world is possible by Sara Mansour

I’m not sure if a perfect world is possible but what I do know is that the root of all of that possibility is love. Not the kind of love...

Laughter is by Sara Mansour

Laughter is  Side-splittin’ like the sound of hyenas singin’ Some are so loud they leave your ears ringin’ You can laugh at farts and you can laugh at croaks But...

Laughter Quartet by June Perkins

Laughter is   Memory doors swung open as  siblings linked in memories of mischief  shared, once more, tip toe past their parent’s door to cartoons calling from their new colour...

Laughter is By Vivian Pham

Laughter is   Laughter is a three-leafed clover, a rabbit’s foot still attached, a wishbone that was made to last.  To tease and be teased is true equality; let no...

By Will Kostakis

Can’t name my favourite track. I tried. I really did. I scanned my most played. I … ‘I Tried’ by Brandy Norwood. That was big for me, actually. I played...

By Eda Gunaydin

1 Hit Play I listen to The Violent Femmes’ eponymous album a lot, especially when I walk Rozelle Bay, my favourite place in Sydney. I’m twenty-eight now, but I remember...

This is a true poem if i say so, after Rauschenberg By Eileen Chong

At three, I learned how to bite to draw blood without breaking skin. I was once a giant cat for whom trees were splinters and lakes, footbaths. At ten, I...

I remember hearing it and feeling really moved

I was on tiktok when I heard the album’s songs edited together. I remember hearing it and feeling really moved, since the last time I heard his songs were a...

Music blaring in as my airpods

I sat in the dim night light, music blaring in as my airpods as my mind drifted to meaningless thoughts that filled the time. That’s when the song ended and...

Alone with headphones in listening to songs

I was studying in the corner of my room alone with headphones in listening to songs. It was when I was losing motivation to keep studying, a song from a...

The song ‘numb little bug’

The song ‘numb little bug’ is quite a relatable song for I think many people, where people feel a little bit worn and I do too sometimes. Especially in the...

The song had me feel a certain feeling

The song had me feel a certain feeling. I was a bit younger and it was a night in my room doing my assessment and I had always loved this...

Fun Facts

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