2015 is the ANZAC Centenary year, so I’ve chosen for this post fresh, crunchy, delicious and nutritious ANZAC Biscuits, sent by mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts to soldiers in WWI. They were all volunteers as was my father in the … Continue reading
Originally posted on Rethinking Life:
ARTISTS4PEACE It is time to grow! 😀 It has been wonderful setting the foundation with all of you and our monthly scheduled topics. It is nice to share our work and our passion for peace…
Originally posted on Silver Birch Press:
Spring is almost upon us (actually, in Los Angeles it’s already here) and our thoughts turn to beginnings — the inspiration for our latest call for submissions: ME, AS A CHILD Poetry Series. PROMPT: In…
This year we are celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the end of World War Two. It was such a long time ago. I’m trying to remember what it was like for me in those turbulent years of War, and … Continue reading
Just as an orange nourishes your body, so the orange colour energises your soul. The colour orange was named after the fruit. ~ Nasturtium is not only a weed buster, but it’s also edible and very good for your health. … Continue reading
Originally posted on SunWinks!:
[This column first appeared in slightly different form on Gather in 2012] Dear SunWinks! Symbiotes: Metonymy! (gesundheit…) Pardon my Greek… The word “metonymy” itself may look as arcane and hairy as, say, onomatopoeia, but like onomatopoeia,…
A rose. A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. A shrivelled rose is a shrivelled rose is a shrivelled rose. Which is sad, very sad, very very sad. You see It is true, very true, … Continue reading
Who is The Black Prince? There he stands haughty, resplendent in his shiny blackness, black as tar, black as night, with a touch of white, just to soften his stern image, a sign of his noble lineage that stern image. … Continue reading
Originally posted on SunWinks!:
Dear SunWinkers! This is a lightly reworked reissue of my September, 2012 column for Gather.com on the topic of Abstract and Cubist Poetry. I also urge you to read our recent SunWinks! columns on Edith Sitwell…
My recent passions, writing poetry and photography, live in harmony inspiring each other.
