poem – Royce Levi Australian Teacher and Author

Perturbed Voices

At The Top Of The Tree A Chieftain Observed Ronald Crumpkin was a bumpkinAnd got to the top of the treeHe had a head like the top of a pumpkinAnd a brain the size of a pea He spoke every word in a manner absurdAnd his deeds were an absolute farceHe promised the world andContinue reading “Perturbed Voices”

Some Serious Thoughts

Gaslighting Getting control by menacing meansManipulationBy sowing self doubt in your victims’ mindsInventing weaknessesRevealing false trendsTelling a storyThat is harmfully untrueSuch a neat trick, isn’t it?You winAt the cost of your targets’ self respectMere suggestionsCunningly devisedTo create uncertaintyAre brain missilesFostered by your calculating idSo rant on in your way CaesarOr are you Hitler?Or a presentContinue reading “Some Serious Thoughts”