Signing Dear sharer of meanings Who brings effigies of sound into the silence Endured by others There is love in your energy Gentle caring for the deprived Your face is a mirror of everything A link to understanding for the cloistered Strangers who hear nothing There is passion in your compassion Such willingness to reachContinue reading “The Poems Keep Coming”
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Memories Shared
I read recently a speech I gave at the University of Wollongong twenty-five years ago. I have decided to reproduce it here as there still seems some relevance to present day existence. Gateway was an equity program funded by the federal Labor government designed to give mature aged students another chance to enter university. ItContinue reading “Memories Shared”
Still More Auguries
The Climate Monkey The climate monkey was a willing flunkey Born and bred in the jungle He lost his home and was forced to roam Because of a human bungle They cut down all the trees you see Turned his birthplace into a hovel Left him no choice in the end but to flee ToContinue reading “Still More Auguries”
More Auguries
Castle of Deception Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer Yet Again You are a sinister architect Building with your paranoid hands And your egotistical schemes a fearful castle Made with the brickwork of your evil dreams There is a moat which only seems to exist Fashioned from falsehoods hand over fist With what seems toContinue reading “More Auguries”