Best friend

Fallen from the table Devoured in an instant Opportune, she lives for here and now Like smile on an infant   Found amongst the grass Eaten – pure instinct The lips, the sense of smell inspect What to us is non-existent   She lives her life from down below We live ours from up above […]

Conjunctivitis

Held together – elasticity Frail – loosens – breaks Durable – invested care Broken – stumbles – shakes   Outer wall – extremity Injured – punctured – hit Inner sanctum standing tall Candle – burning – lit   Hand once soft and supple Hand becomes forlorn Self – trickster – knowledge – bow Simple conjures […]

The clarion call

The river rows the oarsman Like the mountain moves the climb The sunrise heats the day Like the lectern stands and cries;   I stand before you all, beholden To convey, what promised, I doth say Deliverance be sent ahead of time And the sunshine rules the waves   The lake lends its ears to […]

With gritted teeth – the Australian Federal Election

“With gritted teeth.” That’s how one Liberal Party member described the way voters should approach the ballot box on Polling Day. Come 2nd July and the voting public of Australia had other ideas. At time of writing, votes are still being counted in a number of seats. The final result will not be known until […]

My bird

The bird seemed to follow my roving eye As he walked beyond where I lie He seemed to know, with eye I spy – Sitting there that day. He never seemed to have a care No matter for how long I stared Or how controlling was my glare He was there, it seemed, to stay […]

The lifeline

Once the lifeline gave to me A chance to start again I couldn’t turn back away I couldn’t say just when   The world had come to greet me The earth had come to see Whatever it offered as reward Was what we’d keep for free   But how did we get that reward That […]

Swings and round-a-bouts

Happiness found in day at Fair, Worry left at home. Sadness knocking on neighbour’s door As Concern’s left lying on the floor.   Excitement joins Happiness at the Fair – Anxiety lost along the road – Sleeplessness found in another’s bed – Loneliness’ is Gloom – Gloom sees red.   Delight joins his friends at […]