ISSUE NO. 27
October 2026
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Creative

This section publishes creative contributions mostly from currently and formerly incarcerated people. It includes short-stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, and much more.

If you have something creative to submit to us, we would love to read it, or see it, and publish it in About Time – please write to us!

Latest

By Janali

Cold blows the wind tonight, sweetheart, cold are the drops of rain, cold are the four walls of my cell, so cold I shall remain.

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By Elijah

These “emotions” that carry me. It’s from these that you see me. Let not what you see, be all I can be. I’m so much more, this isn’t all.

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By Gema

A girl trying to find her soul, an escape with rope and toe up a tree, a knot a swing.

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By Minh

No mail, no bail, just jail. Hail and rain, rain and suffering, silently ingrained.

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By Emily

Shout out to all you maintenance workers, from painting to plumbing, youse know you’re the reasons these places don’t collapse in on us!

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Previous Editions

ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025
I Will Always Love You
By Jack

A poem for the one true love of my life. I wish I could change the past, but I can only change my future.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025
Morgana
By Alex

I remember the day I saw you, I held your tiny form, the chilly air made you tremble, so we took you home.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025
Faith in Recovery
By RB

The pressure of the pain inside, formed diamonds in my mind, tempting me to throw it in, to leave it all behind.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025
An Incarcerated Truth
By Travis

Belief in a future, they do persist, for everyone has the right to exist.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 16
November 2025
Rage on a Saturday Morning
By Georgia Sheales

Locked down for the third time this week, sixth time this past fortnight, with Bird of Prey playing on Rage, the shitty fuzzy speakers on the shitty fuzzy TV barely able to conjure up something that resembles bass.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
Butterflies
By Wormy

Butterflies, can be the colour of your eyes. They start life as tiny eggs, finally having wings and six legs.

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2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
The (Powdered) Milky Way
By Jeff

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

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
The Darkness Returns
By Leslie

Facing the darkness, the pain and cold travelling through the body, the soul taking me back to when I played alone when hell exists, the place my home I spend years, months, days wearing the mask trying to pretend there is no fear or pain.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
Sam Kerr
By Henry

The big idea behind this painting is to display a very strong, tough Australian sportswoman. Through her athleticism she has helped to inspire a huge number of young Australian girls to take up soccer as their favourite game.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 15
October 2025
Human Being
By Matthew

As I come back to jail, I walk through that familiar door, I promised my mum and kids, I wouldn’t break the law.

1 MIN READ

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