life of fire (a concerto) composition beginning with timidity, a delicate foray into existence, perhaps lingering for fear of the known, the breathless destruction that comes with being fire a confidence is gathering swiftly, with success and orchestral fuel, a collaboration that we know will destroy, but this can be ignored in the harmony of […]
playful goats crunching on hay tough roughage ______________________________________________________ Two gorgeous miniature goats have joined Merlin and Spirit (our two Suri alpacas) in their paddock. I would like to introduce you to Billy and Benny – they are very young but won’t get much bigger They are pets and we can lead them around the garden […]
Yellow is something mellow that gets the yolk, the buttercup duckling wrapped in chubby fingers, cradling, it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that lemon zing, butter creaming, icing sugar dreaming, sunflower beaming, Coldplay streaming, cows milk churning, cheese wheels turning, banana paddle-popping corner shop-a-stopping, sunbeam slating the unhappiness, deflating, so tie a […]
Room for Sound (a psalm) Whistling airstream whirls through a crack; …..understand the silence of a room not entered. Mute from birth listening to the maelstrom; …..words linger without hope in barren vocal cords. Stillness of meditation creates harmony of thought; …..sound amplified in an empty house is too loud. Listening to bad news on […]
flood of tears searching for dry land loved ones ____________________________________________________________________________
My ransom note poem about Gina Rinehart ‘Listen up Gina’ has been published in the Australian Poetry’s Sotto Magazine (November Edition). This makes me very happy but slightly apprehensive as Ms Rinehart (the richest lady in the world) is on the search for more coal (like she hasn’t got enough already) and has bought the […]
On the Road to Progress Every day the road displays the slaughter at the altar of progress and prowess; how fast and far can we travel. What gets in the way, pays and paves our path in blood – human and the other animal offerings. The guttural roar of empire smothers the whimpering of minions […]
Sound of Peppermint Bottle Still life, Peppermint Bottle Cézanne looks; I hear peppermint bottle chocolate block red toffee apple clip clippety clop rubber plantation prelude to power carnation, lactation molten glass tube salt spray, Esperance butter batter bitter with a squeeze of lemon savouring words sound and association __________________________________________________________________ Note: Cézanne’s Still Life, Peppermint Bottle […]
Our lady of the Rosary Our mother’s devotion to another mother’s devotion to a son crucified for us all. A garland of roses a string of prayers to Mary for her son and for her own sons. Joyful Mysteries Sorrowful Mysteries Glorious Mysteries devotion desperation flagellation conflagration she douses the flames with meditation while rubbing […]
If you can’t dodge them dodgems bumper to bumper action. If you can’t dodge them birthdays he’s 12, I’m 12 plus whatever! If you can’t beat them, join them, If you can’t let your hair down for a day then you’re in the wrong lane, move over, I’m with the birthday kid, If you can’t […]
