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Verandah Club is Deakin University's (Burwood, Melbourne) writing club, where you can meet, talk, swap, workshop and publish.

Writing is a solitary task, but it's the business and practise of writing which benefits and improves from group contact. Do you need people to workshop your writing, to inform you of competitions and opportunities? If so, this is Verandah Club's first priority. There is a toolbox of little secrets which we all carry around (whether we know it or not) and this is the environment in which we can learn from one another the tools of the writing trade

Our group focuses on keeping dA users updated on real life activities, competitions and the general going ons of the Verandah club and the Literary Journal. While we are Melbourne based, we do take submissions from all over.

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The Sea Shore and the Open Sea I feel like the vast sea shore,
Sun-baked and dry.
You're the sea with waters galore,
& waves that tower up high.

I am chained to the ground,
There is no way out.
In your waves I will drown,
As a lover, devout.

A sad tale this may seem,
but deem it not a tragedy.
The Sea Shore and the Open Sea,
are lovers beyond mortality. ♥The Sea Shore and the Open Sea by ~A-woMAN

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The Bullet Eater It's only been a day. One day, Isaiah. Look at her. She's just so beautiful. Such beautiful black silk hair and cocoa brown eyes. I can see her porcelain skin mirror the pigment of the heavenly white background. "Isaiah! Isaiah! Return to me my love!" Her slender thin hand is yearning for mine. How can I not be so allured by her sun shine smile? Or her smooth extravagant voice? I'm only getting closer to her. We'll be together again. I'm floating now. I'm floating to my beloved phantom like a dry leaf in autumn wind. My hand is only a centimeter away.
"Isaiah! Isaiah!" Her delicate voice has now become hoarse and aggressive.
"Isaiah! IsaiahThe Bullet Eater by ~Z-o-m-b-i-e-KING

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Windfallen Feelings Close my eyes and open my mind
Watch the faces and voices blur out
Their whispers claw through to shout
But you're all I can find

And I'm keeping in what you exhale
So just hold me closer to your soul than to your heart
This is just the start
A motion, I will stay. i wont let us fade away

When it's too much
Your breath has left you and sprung
I will be your iron lung
I will be your living crutch

Bitter tears and broken hearts
They'll only be there for a moment
Beloved, I must comment
I'll never let you fall apart

All this I dream. A dream so fair
Then I close my mind and open my eyes
And I see you standing thereWindfallen Feelings by ~Z-o-m-b-i-e-KING

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Seeds for the soul Destiny
Masked in dreams and trials
Destiny
Cloaked in horror and terror
Destiny
I give this
Destiny
Take from me what you will
Damnation
Fighting demons
Damnation
Winning inch by inch
Damnation
I take this
Damnation
It owns my soul
Redemption
Struggle at any cost
Redemption
Feel pain it says
Redemption
Live your life the best that you can
Redemption
Never give up
No salvation
A lie slithering on snakes scales
No salvation
A guitar chord played with dissonance
No salvation
My enemies root for me
No salvation
Alive in the arena
Self sacrifice
Help another
Self sacrifice
To conquer fear
Self sacrifice
LiSeeds for the soul by *ChainsawInk

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Broken Skies These dying days
Are like the fading rays
Of sun
As the rain clouds take over
My azure skies
Falling to pieces

And like the town crier
I shout about
How much we're losing
The earth might as well burn now
For the shards of glass will
Cut us to ribbons

Glue won't fix all that's broken
Tape just won't cut it
I can't hold this together all alone
I'm not the one who can save us all
When the pieces fall
I'll be hiding in the brighter days

Tell me when you've fixed the sky
Paused in that second
Like a photograph
I'll store myself away
In a box
To keep me from the impending doom
That you'll all face head on

Like a car crash
Broken Skies by ~linkzelda106

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The Last Thing The last thing the boy ever wrote
Was a sorrowful note
Of regret and love
The boy with blue eyes so clear,
His vision so cloudy,
Took his own life
Out of regret, love and fear

The last thing the boy ever said
Was that he was sorry they would never wed
His fear of living life became blatant
The boy with hands so shaky,
His will so steadfast,
Took his own life
When he heard her say

The last thing the boy would ever hear
She said she was sorry that she didn't need him anymore
His body cringed in fear
The boy who was so lively,
Broke the thread that kept him there,
When he said goodbye.The Last Thing by ~linkzelda106

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Anorexia 1.

Forming shadows at your doorstep
I was the moth caught in the candlelight
My veins gleamed within the fire
As its embers shone bright

As it echoed on your windowpane
I was drawn into the nostalgia
Of world-watching on a parallel plane
And searching for refugia

Your blood would fall between your words
For your ribs had been cracked open
And you were a ghost's ephemeral:
Your taped mouth was outspoken

I, merely a lucid moment in time
Gazed at you through the window
Watched you stab the restricting beast
As it drained you down to your bones

Oceanic eyes were weary of death:
They stained the glass for me to perceive
A fallinAnorexia by ~CherryBlossomFreak

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At Midnight. At midnight I read with eyes too familiar with the dark.
I read what's on your mind
and every word is a heartache.
They engrave themselves upon the surface of my mind,
overwriting my thoughts with those of your own.

At midnight I write with hands that smell of garlic.
I write what's in my heart
and every word is an open wound.
They bleed onto the paper,
staining the page with all the things I feel but no longer say.

After midnight I try and rest a body that feels as if it's all been said and done before.
I whisper possibilities to the night
and every word is a comfort.
They grow like roses in the garden of my soul
anAt Midnight. by ~oedipa

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Long time no see + out with the old

Nov 16, 2011, 6:12:39 PM by ~BibleOfDOOM
Journals / Personal

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the long absence of blogs; things have been busy for a while and only started to die down a few weeks ago. The new book is available for sale on the Verandah website along with all the past editions.

We're just checking in to say goodbye; we've already selected our lovely new editors and are hoping they do as well as (or better than) we did coping next year. It's been a rocky ride to say the least, but in the end this experience was worth it.

We wish you all luck with your future writing endeavours and hope that this new year is a great one for you all.

Best wishes,

The Verandah 26 team

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Long time no see + out with the old

Nov 16, 2011, 6:12:34 PM by ~BibleOfDOOM
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~aelogan Jun 23, 2011

I attempted to submit a couple of pieces and accidentally placed them in the competition folder. Could you correct that for me? Thanx!

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that's alright, I'll fix that now

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~Th3-C0unt3ss Jun 22, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

where will the contest winners be posted?

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~BibleOfDOOM Jun 22, 2011 Writer

They just were

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~Th3-C0unt3ss Jun 22, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Oo yay ^^

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~K47454k1 Jun 14, 2011 Professional Writer

erm, I noticed that there's a new deviation in the compeition entries folder. The deadline was two weeks ago, though.

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what? Thanks...I thought I closed it. Which one was it? (I'll be removing it)

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