So, guess what? I'm currently doing a writing course! It's long overdue; I wish I'd done it a long time ago. But I'm doing it now, and I love it, and it's great, and I love it, and I wish it would never end, and I love it. I have always worked ...
This is what anxiety looks like
It's angry and frightened And bitter and sad It's numbness Wrapped in every feeling you've had It's constantly watching And checking around you Hoping your enemy Doesn't surround you It's planting a grin On your public 'brave face' It's ...
Trust and respect
You expect Trust And respect But return none We reject Your brand of 'fun' You use You abuse You lie Our kids cry We ask why You deny We all lose We're done Ashes to ashes Dust to dust A memory flashes Gathers rust And ...
Of rocky roads and rock solid relationships
It's tough, the world. It tries to shake me. It tries to hurt me. It tries to break me. I'm ready, I think. I know all the traps. I know all the holes. I know all the gaps. I'm here, you say. Whatever life serves. Whatever's thrown at ...
Broken Mirror
Last year, I published a poem titled Mirror, Mirror. It was about being comfortable with what I see in the mirror, and what I see of myself through the mirror. It was about being comfortable with being me, seeing me and knowing me. But not ...
Sibling rivalry
My kids will compete about anything. ANYTHING. And everything. EVERYTHING. I did some research of the Facebook variety ('research', if you prefer), and it seems my kids are not alone in this. Kids will compete over who is first to click ...
I thought a thought
I thought a thought, an interesting thought, So I put it out into the world. I nodded my head, and turned away, And the nastiness unfurled. Someone else thought a thought about my thought, And put it out into the world. They ...
Why I blog
Why do I blog? Why do I type my thoughts on a screen, then press publish and send them out into the wide, wide world of the world wide web? That's a big question. It's too hard to answer that question in that form. So I'm going to simplify ...
O Australia Fair
Image source (used with permission) Australia O Australia The country fair In which a white man Took the lectern Faced a national audience And called for silence and respect To tell an innocent black man that he was not that ...
Seven things I learnt from the Bendigo Writers Festival
Last weekend (or the weekend prior, depending on your definition of 'last weekend' on a Tuesday morning), I attended the Bendigo Writers Festival. It was fabulous. I filled my days (and one evening) listening to great writers, interesting panels ...