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ISSUE NO. 15

October 2025

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Poetry

The (Powdered) Milky Way

By

Jeff

Jeff writes from a prison in QLD.

Shannon VanDenHeuvel via Unsplash

An ode to our last 750-gram powdered milk, taken from our treasured weekly Buy-Up Sheet.

The full cream milk I get today,

and in my cell it has to stay.

Of fault, not mine, I cannot get

to fridge afar, not now, not yet.

I have a drink, of fresh to taste

of fault, not mine, it goes to waste.

A day without brings me to thirst,

I think of powder, or not the worst.

To have of this, could be the choice,

upon the buy-up, to have the voice.

Oh, let at Woodford, bring it back,

The milk of powder, in the sack!

An ode to our last 750-gram powdered milk, taken from our treasured weekly Buy-Up Sheet.

The full cream milk I get today,

and in my cell it has to stay.

Of fault, not mine, I cannot get

to fridge afar, not now, not yet.

I have a drink, of fresh to taste

of fault, not mine, it goes to waste.

A day without brings me to thirst,

I think of powder, or not the worst.

To have of this, could be the choice,

upon the buy-up, to have the voice.

Oh, let at Woodford, bring it back,

The milk of powder, in the sack!

Little Rhyme

By Justin

Here’s a little rhyme. As I’m chilling doing time, paying the price for my crime.

Creative

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Mother

By Biannca

What did you see when you looked at me? Just a little girl, I had no voice, you kept me down without a choice. You gave heartache and pain, said I was your endless shame.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 24

2 MIN READ

One Day We Will Be Free

By Matt

They talked to us about our struggles, their words we could not hear, while being condemned and held accountable; our vision was not clear.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 24

1 MIN READ

All for One, One for All at Bandyup

By Ruth

Bandyup is a place, where we are a mixed race. It doesn’t matter where we are from, we should support each other as one.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 24

1 MIN READ