Verses

They Named Their Daughter Tasmania
A name is just a name but all the same …

Liar for Hire
If you find yourself in court
What you require
Is a liar for hire

Fitted Sheets
You’re gonna have a bad time

The “King of Everything”
A Presidential view

The Aussie Tea Ceremony
Many countries have ceremonies of teas. Aussies have a ceremony too.

Home
A house is just a house

Our Great Big Beautiful Wall
The wall to hide their waste

Bird Song
I love the birds but ….

The Yacht
I have a neighbor who bought a yacht

Australia Day
26th January 1788

Jazz
On visiting a jazz cafe

Bakeries of the ‘Gong
Wollongong is lacking something

Texting
Do this at home – not while driving

Warming
Going hot and cold.

Self-driving Cars
Will they work?

Putin’s Puppet
Putin’s puppet pursuing populist policies

The Committee
On the horrors of committees

Bikes of Many Colours
It seems that we’re needin’
To stop these things breedin’

The Dot I Forgot
A coder’s lament.

Plastic
Plastic seas

Entangled
A reflection on quantum entanglement.

The Maddening Hatter
It’s not about the hat

An email irritation

Ought-ism
A condition much over-diagnosed.

Dogs in the City
I don’t think that dogs belong in the city. (Some may disagree.)

Coffee
Some thoughts about a very fashionable pastime.

The Law of the Golden Mean
Confucius and Socrates had versions. This is mine.

Wear a Burqa
A possible solution to the controversy

It’s the Shore, For Sure
I am unreasonably irritated by people who say “foreshore” when the perfectly good term “shore” is more correct.

The Song of the Fossil Fools
What oil man want

Too Many Lawyers Spoil the Truth
About lawyers

Degrees of Warming
What “climate change” really means

12 Sustainable Days of Christmas
Partridges and turtle-doves are endangered, gold rings cost $1,600 an ounce, milk maids and leaping lords haven’t been seen for years – it’s time for a sustainable Christmas list.

A Silly Love Verse
A romantic verse (sort of)

More Than a Koala Can Bear
Just a verse by a confused Aussie.

Proverbial Questions
Some reflections on proverbs.

Three Wise Men
A verse for Christmas.

An Aussie National Anthem
A suggestion for a new Australian national anthem (and a bonus new flag design)

Under a Tree
Some thoughts about religions and science – in verse.

The Ballad of Baghdad
Some verse inspired by the parallels between the Roman and American attempts to control the Middle East.

Maybe by May
I’d like to write a poem some day.

Now That’s a Sonnet!
An attempt at a classical poetic form.

Xmas Is a Time for Children
An Xmas verse

I Think I Wrote a Gatha
Gathas are verses, often about journeys, which promote mindfulness. The form was first used in the Zoroastrian Avestas and was later adopted by Jains and Buddhists.

Ballad of the Religious Leaders
Of crazy cardinals, ratbag rabbis, mad mullahs and loony lamas.

What To Do Today?
Just wondering …. a verse