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    21D Short 2
    21D Short 2
    21D Short 2
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    21D Short 2

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    21D is an art and literary magazine. The 21D Shorts are fast, furious, easy to digest reads—a handful of fiction, a handful of poems, and some flash fiction thrown in. Featured authors include: Lilian Cohen, Jean Thornton, Rachel Flynn, Lee Kofman, Patrick West, Fikret Pajalic, Sean Goedecke, Peter Lingard, and Leanne Fletcher.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher21D
    Release dateOct 19, 2014
    ISBN9781311517166
    21D Short 2
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    21D is a not-for-profit literary and art magazine.We publish original fiction, non-fiction articles, poetry, photography, illustrations and artwork.21D is not only a creative outlet for writers and artists, but also provides a productive hub for those interested in editing and publishing. We also work with our contributors to encourage professional development in emerging writers and artists.

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      21D Short 2 - 21D

      21D Shorts #2

      Published by 21D Magazine

      ISBN 9781311517166

      Copyright of this anthology 21D Magazine 2014

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright for all content included remains with the creator, who has granted permission for their work to be printed in 21D Short #1. No part of the magazine may be reproduced without permission.

      Discover the 21D magazine catalogue at www.twentyoned.com.au.

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      Contents

      Poetry

      Loss—Lilian Cohen

      Swansong—Jean Thornton

      Self Portrait—Rachel Flynn

      Blue—Lee Kofman

      The Stillest of Seas—Patrick West

      Short Fiction

      Wasps—Fikret Pajalic

      Saigon Dogs—Sean Goedecke

      The Valentine Card—Peter Lingard

      Non-Fiction

      Publishing in the Digital Era—Leanne Fletcher

      Flash Fiction

      Rudyard’s Bungle—Peter Lingard

      Credits

      Loss

      Lilian Cohen

      High above the plunging falls and deep ravines

      among the boulders laced with whispers

      I sense their age-old presence,

      they that once read every seed and twig

      and wove each tweak of nature

      into the sacred Dreaming lore

      that flowed through them

      into their lands.

      Today I see them

      drifting dark in white man’s towns

      like Dreamtime birds lost in flight

      trapped inside the white man’s nets.

      I pass them huddled on the grass

      bleeding for their severed past

      clinging still to filaments of Dreaming.

      I see them

      and cannot meet their shuttered eyes.

      The Author

      Born in Melbourne, Australia, Lilian Cohen moved to Haifa, Israel with her husband in 1968 and apart from sojourns in London, Boston and Melbourne, lived there until 2013. She has now returned to Melbourne on a permanent basis. Until her retirement she worked as an English teacher at the Leo Baeck Senior High School in Haifa. She is a member of the Haifa chapter of the ‘Voices’ poetry association and recently completed a Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing in Australia. Her poetry and short stories have been published in journals in Australia, England, Israel and the US, and she has completed a crime novel set in Israel.

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      Wasps

      Fikret Pajalic

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