Volume 5 (2008) Tide Edition 5

Editors' note
‘A rising tide lifts all boats.’ This has always been the way of TIDE and the fifth edition is no exception. TIDE submerges us in a myriad of contemporary prose and poetry, aiming to drown its readers in literature. The TIDE literary journal, produced entirely by thirdyear editing students from the Creative Arts Faculty of the University of Wollongong, showcases the compositions of emerging poets, prose writers and visual artists. The publication aims to support and promote the local literary arts and to reinstate their cultural importance within the community. TIDE is the result of labour undertaken by our editors, fundraisers, designers, print officers, teachers, businesses, community members, artists and writers whose efforts have made the publication possible.

Contents
Kate Fitzgerald - Waiting Still - 1
Jessie Papadam - Spartan Tights - 2
Anton Pospelov - The Soldier - 5
- Vidkun Quisling - 6
Jenna Fletcher - A Triangle With Four Sides - 7
Daniel Willis - Dirt - 12
Claire Garrett - Lilith - 14
- Ouroboros - 15
Jacqui Dent - A Matter of the Heart - 17
Bede Payne - Omniscient Girl - 20
- Girl versus Bus - 21
Patrick Lenton - The Flower Crab - 23
Dasha Maiorov - Gioca, Paper-People - 28
Dane Naoum - March of the Caterpillars - 30
Jo Feely - Life as a Circular Argument - 33
Amber Weyman - Waiting for Baltimore - 36
Emma Orsborn - Stranger - 41
Arcadia Lyons - sanguine - 43
Emma Doughty - Sucking Teeth - 45
Andrew Tickell - A Stone’s Itch - 50
Adam Norris - Wolf Blass Runneth Over - 54
Elise Semenchuk - A Red Dragon/Seal - 59
William English - Mitchell White was a Sleep Talker - 63
Alison Boyd - Southbank - 66
- Persephone to Hades - 68
Sian Gammie - Election Day: Nov 24, 2007. - 69
Jessica Lloyd 6” x 4” - 74
- Like Poetry - 76
Rhys Politis - Aquamarine - 77
Sarah Kella Quivering at Adolescence - 81
- Portraiture - 82
Leigh Blackmore - Leaving Town - 83