Listen To The Voices The ancient forest is dying The angry sky is alight All the wild things are crying As wildfire cremates the night A child cries out in the madness “What have you done to my world?” Neocons ignore the sadness With fingers round profits curled The time-honoured farm’s under water As theContinue reading “More Thoughts”
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Latest Thoughts
Perchance To Dream Beautiful things will be shared by all Perchance to dream Kindness and love at everyone’s call Perchance to dream Hatred and fear will disappear Perchance to dream Each call for help someone will hear Perchance to dream The world will see no weapons made Perchance to dream Leaders will promise not toContinue reading “Latest Thoughts”
Yet More Poems
When The Stars Don’t Shine Yes, and how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Bob Dylan Blowin’ In The Wind When I am alone and thinking And the light from the moon is shrinking I notice the stars don’t shine That’s trouble afoot in this life of mineContinue reading “Yet More Poems”
Surprise: More Poems
Guilty Words are brutal things If used for a sinister purpose They can start a war End a relationship Or build an army of discontent One thing stands alone Once uttered A word cannot be denied It stands beside your reputation For better or worse Your moment with kingdom come Or a devil’s curse SoContinue reading “Surprise: More Poems”
Last Of My Poems For A While
Virus I wandered lonely through a crowd Lost in thought not thinking aloud When something worthy of mention Suddenly got my attention An elegant, stately man crossed my path Gave me a nod and then a laugh And continued on his way Till the mills of chance came into play And we met again inContinue reading “Last Of My Poems For A While”
More Poems
Silence Silence is a dangerous thing It can be a bird with a broken wing For there are times when we should speak Instead we ignore the suffering weak Fear can cause this deadly hush When jeopardy looms with a frightening rush At times we are silent and simply afraid of power Our muteness stainsContinue reading “More Poems”
More Recent Thoughts
Obituary To A Friend “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” Helen Keller He’s gone now, my friend Recently deceased But how he dominates my memory He understood my whims And was willing To heed my complaints about existence Without too much fuss Just a gentle comradeContinue reading “More Recent Thoughts”
Recent Thoughts
We Shall Overcome Some Day Deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome some day Guy Carawan 1960 O the ruling élite are strong With power that seems insurmountable They thrive on what is wrong Pretending to be accountable Corporate bankers and lawyers Profit from organised strife They are simply sawyers Who cutContinue reading “Recent Thoughts”
The Poems Keep Coming
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”
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”