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ISSUE NO. 11

June 2025

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Poetry

‘Rhyme Doin’ Time’

A column for people to express their concerns via the pen!

By

Jeff

Jeff writes from Woodford Correctional Centre in Queensland.

Robert Arnar via Unsplash

Our Plight, My Sight: A poem about not being able to access the right reading glasses

I came to gaol ‘cause done the wrong,

Was drinkin’ whiskey ’n smokin’ bongs.

When corner came I did not see,

The turning road, just like a vee.

At speed it rolled to grinding stop,

Atop my head, my glasses not.

Now sit in cell of nought to read,

The glasses gone! Of what I need!

I ask the system, to provide,

For that, my sight be magnified.

I need a choice for me to pick,

But only 4’s will do the trick!

But alas at Woodford, ain’t no claims,

For only 2’s are in the frames.

Maybe time! They’ll see our plight,

To give me 4’s and then my sight.

Our Plight, My Sight: A poem about not being able to access the right reading glasses

I came to gaol ‘cause done the wrong,

Was drinkin’ whiskey ’n smokin’ bongs.

When corner came I did not see,

The turning road, just like a vee.

At speed it rolled to grinding stop,

Atop my head, my glasses not.

Now sit in cell of nought to read,

The glasses gone! Of what I need!

I ask the system, to provide,

For that, my sight be magnified.

I need a choice for me to pick,

But only 4’s will do the trick!

But alas at Woodford, ain’t no claims,

For only 2’s are in the frames.

Maybe time! They’ll see our plight,

To give me 4’s and then my sight.

‘Love is Rebuilding My Life’

By Phillip

There’s irony, hypocrisy, fallacy, a vast ocean of distance to cross. The “saint”, the “sinner”, it’s lunacy, that the ignorant could save the lost.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

2 MIN READ

Methfairytale

By Karie

I’m not belle of the ball, not the very least, but we have something in common, I’m in love with a beast. But the beast is not a person but a drug that I call meth, I’ve been talking to myself for hours, I’m running out of breath.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Nostalgia

By Dennis

Nostalgia is a gentle haze, a soft and fading, golden maze, where time itself begins to blur, and memory’s touch is sweet and pure.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Art From Inside

By Lanie

Our team was blown away by this beautiful painting.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

1 MIN READ