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
