ISSUE NO. 25
August 2026

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!

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Dan’s Drawing

By Dan

A drawing of Stitch from Lilo and Stitch, sent to us by Dan.

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Dan draws from a prison in the ACT.

Self Reflection

By Sofia

Often I try to self-reflect which turns into waves of rings around me. This picture reflects my days in general; life is static, surrounded by waves around.

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Sofia, Ink on paper 2025
By Anonymous

The cage stands bold, with its steel-clad mesh. For within its grip, it’s us it holds. Ten foot walls, of cold creme concrete. For outside we muster, like horses in stalls.

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By Wolverine

I know you think you’re broken far too much to ever heal properly, like all those other folk that make life seem so real.

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By Jon

“The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky." The colours of my jocks lying, on a bench. Uncovered by shutters. Unarmed waiting snakes.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Dan draws from a prison in the ACT

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Do not cry by the window, gazing out to the sky. For I’ve not only left you, I’ll never say goodbye.

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Window Pane is a reflection of childhood memories, looking outside of my bedroom, locked away.

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Givin’ my mum a hug, even for just a second. That’s worth a lot, worth the world I reckon.

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‘Tis just another day behind the wall, with musters here and musters there, it surely wearies, one and all.

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Life’s not a party my dearest darling, for we partied, now must you party alone.

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Regardless of how we are feeling, days still start and end. Regardless of what I do, what others do, what happens to me or what happens to them.

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On an icy day, we’ll meet again, on a silent path, free from pain. No greetings spoken, no sparks to fly, just a quiet knowing in each other’s eye.

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Beautiful Souls

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Why should you suffer for my pain. Knowledge in this I should try to gain. Does it feel I have left you alone? It may feel I have cut you to the bone.

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Losing Control

By Goodj

The calls we hear every day, whether guilty or claiming you’re innocent, there’s a price we each must pay. “It’s a privilege not a right” you’ll hear the screws say, but the moment you’re behind those bars, your control is taken away.

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