Do we know better now (in our modernity)?: A poem

I didn’t shatter my soul in broken mirrors And I studiously tapped wood when I breathed about the good things in my life. I turned back when I saw a black cat. I religiously never walked under ladders. I didn’t know about opening umbrellas indoors, or I’d never do that. I didn’t cut cake beforeContinue reading “Do we know better now (in our modernity)?: A poem”

Hi Baby (Veronica), I want to tell you a secret I kept for a long time. It was Julia Gillard who instructed the incumbents at ANZ to give you a hard time. And make you redundant. At least she told them to give you a good parting package! Selfish Albanese wouldn”t even have done that. It was John Howard who made you CEO!

Where are the bees of my heart?: A poem

You know, I look at my past lives like flowers lazily tossing their heads at my window If I were to take the enchanted path And discovered that it holds precious little And, yet, how much precious lot have I lost like vintage coins misplaced somewhere in this lifetime! I saunter in a meadow, inContinue reading “Where are the bees of my heart?: A poem”