The stories we tell about peace and war have been top of mind these last few weeks with the release…
Boxing with Boxing Day
If I were to take down the boxes from my Boxing Day store cupboard I would find days infused with…
Listening with hope in our eyes and tears in our hearts
Storytelling. The drawings found in sacred sites around this land we now call Australia, showing the gathering of people together,…
On being a small dog (With short legs) (And very bouncy fur)
Scurry. Quick. Pitter-patter-pitter-patter. Oh. No. Falling behind. Scurri-er. Quicker-er. Pitter. Patter. PITTER. PATTER. Whimper. Dejected wee flop of ears. rfff.…
Dropped
Follow the faded forms, collapsed in on arms that once were taut. A pause in the here of now. Just…
From the front fence
It’s a topic of conversation in my street, the state of my car’s wheels. They notice (those boys who use…
Satisfaction
The wind has been brisk today, with just the right underlying warmth to do a pair of socks on a…
Broken lives to the power of 14.2 million
Take this hand. This small hand. A girl, just now learning to form the letters of her name, beginning to…
One
Just because I can vacuum the house from one powerpoint doesn’t mean that it happens often.
Redundant
They’re saying we’ve reached peak beard. I don’t know how to tell the irises. Let alone how to shave them.
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