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. 25
August 2026
Crying Your Eyes Out
By Justin

You begin to scream and shout. Roll about time to let it all out. Emotions running wild from the hurt and pain. It’s starting to hurt my brain.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 25
August 2026
What Will Be, Will Be
By Gypsy

Do you feel confined, please sympathise my pain. The lack of understanding, I find it very vain. Just imagine freedom, independence stripped from you, how would you feel and what would you do.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 25
August 2026
Jailhouse Blues
By Abdullah

Another day another cell, can’t believe I’m locked in a cell. Imagine this is what it’s like living in hell, lawyers to pay but no money and nothing to sell!

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 24
July 2026
Little Rhyme
By Justin

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

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 24
July 2026
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.

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 24
July 2026
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.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 24
July 2026
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.

1 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 23
June 2026
Falling Like Angels
By Daniel

The pain that I feel, this place that I’m in, these four walls closing in…

2 MIN READ
ISSUE NO. 23
June 2026
As This Time Comes to an End
By Punkin

As this time comes to an end, I wonder which way the next will bend. The earth and moon will do their thing, I’ll embrace everything.

2 MIN READ

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