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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Best Australian Poems 2014 – edited by Geoff Page (book review)
I spent some time at the beach this summer, and had a fantastic time. I'm not usually one for the sand and the waves and the sand and the sun and the SAND OH MY GOODNESS SAND EVERYWHERE, but we really did have a fantastic time. Before we went to ...
One hundred years ago (a WWI poem)
Earlier this year, I entered a local short story and poetry writing competition with the prompt 'One hundred years ago...'. I publish my entry here with the competition's permission.---- Britain declared war on Germanyin 1914, on Tuesday ...