1968 footage of Melbourne Colour refreshed and details enhancedTrams and American carsThrumming with peopleA police officer takes off his pith helmetWipes his brow No children, only adultsWhite men and womenDashing about their dayA couple take a cruise on the YarraAll of them dead nowAll those cars gone, too I guess some of those trams were preservedSomeContinue reading “The City”
Cake
Please listen to the B-52’s Cake. What’s the best cake you’ve ever eaten? Pineapple Upside-Down, Devil’s Chocolate? My father and I were chatting about cakes. The icing is lovely. Icing covers the cake and invites the eater in. A welcoming to enter delight. Most of the cake is what’s inside. The volume, the identity ofContinue reading “Cake”
Clarity
My stress is gone. My thinking isn’t reactive. I can calmly consider things. I do not remember when last I could think like this. Years it’s been. I have now the ground to help myself. I mean, it’s not as if I don’t need it. 50. Living below the poverty line. In a share houseContinue reading “Clarity”
Place
A flower surprises from the stoneworkmossgrows on a wall ‘How do we live in ruins?’ Rootsentwine and tangle upa vineclambers through a roof ‘A magical place.’ A treesoars up from the loungebirdsflit through the rafters ‘Retain heritage.’ A brookburbling by the windowsa breezetumbles through the trees ‘It’s a dance.’ Treesrotten and old fallsunlightinvades and burnsContinue reading “Place”
Recursive
‘I really like this theme you seem to be building about making beds. Can you tell me what happens in the story and how it develops and what takes place?’ ‘Yeah, it is about making beds. It’s about how my ex-boyfriend committed suicide in my bed and I saved his life.’ ‘I recommend you, andContinue reading “Recursive”
Letting Go of Fixing People
You cannot be all things to all people. You may one day become your thing to yourself.
2024 won’t be 1984
Neoliberal Australia Not familiar with the term? Neoliberalism is where the drive of capitalism, to enhance profits, is not just for private businesses to achieve. It is where politicians are motivated to help businesses enhance profits and also where people are motivated to view themselves as profit enhancers to private business. With this worldview, makingContinue reading “2024 won’t be 1984”
Basic Mathematics
1 + 1 = 2Me plus youThis is nothing newWe knew But something’s missingFor you to forceThe issueWhat’s true? You don’t love meWhen I don’t let youHave your way You hate meWhen IHave my say By the way, I’ve been thinkingOf what happenedYesterday I was downDrowningCrying and frowning Never lashed outOrCast you in doubt ButContinue reading “Basic Mathematics”
Contempt
While I wasn’t lookingI learned a new word todayIt popped up in a most unexpected way Still trying to discern the originOf such an unpleasant toneUnawares since I was a child it’s grown ‘We cannot know before we know’I often taught my studentsAnd I now I have the sense Of contemptBrutalColdDetached ContemptMaternalFamilialSocial Still puzzled atContinue reading “Contempt”
Punitive Pedagogy
What is writing? Pedagogically, it is output, a physical expression of analysis and creativity in word. What is creativity? Pedagogically, this depends on how creative the teacher is to whom you pose this question. It also depends upon who asks them, their level of educational integrity, self-awareness, and etc and etc. If you ask me,Continue reading “Punitive Pedagogy”
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