Recent Reflections

Angel There I wasAlone with the silenceDespairing in the oppressive quietudeNo bird calls to hearNo crickets singing by my windowNo words of my loved oneNo news approved by the neoconsWhen you are oldYour moves are controlled for youYou are so dependent on othersWhat they say matters so muchIf your hearing failsYour world is so unforgivingThatContinue reading “Recent Reflections”

Once More Unto The Breach

Une Nation Disparais “Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer”.“One People, One Nation, One Leader” Hitler’s motto There’s a new dark force adrift in AustraliaWith frightening follies in its regaliaFreedom of speech is what they promoteIt’s one sure way to get your voteYou can curse your foes with lies forsoothUnder the guise of telling the truthTheirContinue reading “Once More Unto The Breach”

Past Thoughts And Present Day Anger

The Poem and the Song … Long, long afterward, in an oakI found the arrow, still unbroke;And the song, from beginning to end,I found again in the heart of a friend.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “The Arrow and the Song” I shot a poem into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;How in the worldContinue reading “Past Thoughts And Present Day Anger”