By Sia Hills Silver eyes stared at the girl through the darkness. At first she was drawn to them but the closer she became, the further away they seemed to be. She paused for a moment. She wanted to call out, but she had no voice and she…
By Sathyani Kotakadeniya They taunt her for being a girl A repetitive, disgusting sequel The world is a disastrous place Where no one is really an equal. They thin out opportunities Saying men make better leaders They create barriers; disunities …
By J.A. Lightfoot There is no time for chit chat This or that. Discussion is just waiting for our repercussions Conversation will convert no one nowadays Denial will not defend the defenceless Battle cries don’t win battles Punchlines won’t punch…
By Mui Siew Tan More than successes Are the struggles I weathered The stormy weather, the crashing waves and the uncertain future Seeking to overwhelm and crush and bury Can you rise Above them all? Quit the anxiety for the courage within Empty the heart for…
By Those Who Live Among Us 856 years of history was lost with Notre Dame 55 million’s worth is burning now with the Amazon in flames The world can make it rain to protect God’s name But when it comes…
By Grace Cassidy My father’s house squats on the edge of the valley, half way up the side of a formation that’s too big to be a hill and too small to be a mountain, facing the snow-capped ridge on the opposite…
By Lenora Cole striking dart of fluorescence, you are caught by light only and then, just barely hooked wings lie in patient, cleptoparasitic waiting, needled to unguarded clay mothering is best left to someone else unaware of your opportunistic…
By Em Readman The complexities of cancel culture in the Australian music scene You all know what getting cancelled is. You’ve probably seen it on one of your social media feeds every so often. If you don’t, cancelling is basically a micro-apocalypse of someone’s previously positive rapport. A…
By Rianna Shoemaker It is 8:00pm. I have just arrived home from an 8+ hour day at the law firm where I work, and my housemate is sprawled comfortably across our sofa like a content cat. What’s on the box?…
By Alana Riley If you haven’t been at QUT for long, you might be surprised to hear that this semester’s QUT Guild Pride Fest was the first event of its kind on campus. (It’s 2019, so it’s about time.) The week-long celebration hosted…
