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 […]
warning the cyclone watches you with a calm eye, enticing movement to the outside, to survey the damage of tempestuous squalling, atmospheric pressure moulding the art of cyclonic breathing, take in the air deep in your lungs, inhale the stillness, the silence and wait, turbulent winds will return in a blink of the eye of […]
resting boot frog sitting peacefully Mum squorks ________________________________________________ Just a bit of Haiku Schmaiku (as Squires used to say) in the Basho tradition If you have a moment pop over to Benedicte’s blog (an artist from Canada) where she has been writing and drawing up a storm (every day). She has done a couple 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 […]
this is bliss dusky pink fairy floss skies whisper in the ear of the night one moment please _________________________
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 ____________________________________________________________________________
Thunder How I much prefer the slow, rumbling thunder, of a storm that is in no hurry to arrive, that wants to give us fair warning to brace ourselves for the wind and rain that will come our way, much prefer the slow rumble in the distance, angels let loose in the ten-pin bowling alley, […]
distance runner slow down and breathe this life _________________________________________________________________
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 […]
