Sharing space with kangaroos
I think I’ll go and change my shoes
In case one should come calling.
For I observed, one sunny morn
A roo upon my neighbour’s lawn -
A sigh... Read More
The anichinnus is a most minute marsupial
So tiny, it is knee high to a mouse,
But it’s a most voracious beast
And when it wants to feast
It will do it’s best to infiltrate... Read More
The big jet touches down
And waiting hands receive its fragile cargo.
Ambulances speed into the night
Their sirens wailing symbolic of the nation’s grief.
Gone are our carefree y... Read More
In Australia, gardens are a blaze of colour
Football fever rages through the land
And hopes run high.
In Timor, buildings are ablaze
A reign of terror rages through the land
And ho... Read More
A blaze of colour by the lake
Trees clad in red and flame and gold
Tributes to another hemisphere
Disdainful of the olive green
That nature has bestowed upon this land.
&... Read More
Australia Day in Ninety-nine
The word came speeding down the line
For working hard and very long
Our son had gone and got a gong.
But now it is Two Thousand Plus
And there&rsq... Read More
I often walk past houses that are rather down at heel
With roofs that are quite rusty, and the paint about to peel.
Sometimes there’ll be a rambling rose, sometimes a lemon tree,
But... Read More
The river gleams like glass
Along its banks royal jacarandas
Make their purple pledge of summer.
Sealed in my steel cocoon I spin along
Past offices and shops, the ABC
And gre... Read More
‘Does it really matter?’ Is a phrase I’ve often heard,
And with constant repetition it can seem to be absurd;
After serious reflection, I really must confess
Sometimes th... Read More
You’ve just cut yourself while shaving
It sometimes happens in your life
And you’re hoping for some sympathy
From your own darling wife.
Instead of warm and tender... Read More