SCU
A showcase of SCU student work, compiled by Dr Emma Doolan
the ocean creek Kim Blake
icy air, clearing skies deafening bird song cacophony, salt sits thick on licked lips running down the creek path, grass slashes ankles while eyes are on the lookout for sunbaking king browns high mounds of sandbanks laze as floating fish kill bellies that shimmer in the dazzle of morning sun, metallic blue solider crab armies drift like smoke across deserts of rippled sand, skirting bunker holes of stingray hideouts, tide chasing a restless target, miniscule bait fish spearheading salt water moving as oil, infiltrating mangrove spikes, sand oysters breathe salty brine, pelicans cruise in hunting pairs far apart camouflaging like they don’t care, the creek harbinger of life and death in glass water and crystal air
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Kim Blake has lived in the Northern Rivers for twelve years, raising her youngest daughter and renovating her house with her husband. She is in her final year of studying the Associate Degree in Creative Writing through SCU. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of New England, and is a teacher.
