Verses
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?
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.
What To Do Today?
Just wondering …. a verse
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. The Romans under Emperor Vespasian and his son, Titus ; the Americans under George H Bush and his son George W.
Now That’s a Sonnet!
An attempt at a classical poetic form.
Ballad of the Religious Leaders
Of crazy cardinals, ratbag rabbis, mad mullahs and loony lamas.
