The stars are bright tonight above my cottage warmed by electric light. Dry branches crackled beneath my feet as I walked in the wind. And sadness, deep and longing upon my mind was laid as I thought of our love and normality denied. The normal joys of picnics on banks with autumn leaves; of laughter [...]

Momentarily lost at the intersection. Anxiously gazing along familiar paths now tentative and uncertain. Continuity denied grief recycled into the torrent of unresolved dilemma. Courage urgently requisite precursor of peace and freedom for an ambient spirit that gasps for the air of self-fulfillment. Deficit energy downhill flowing with dreams endangered and afloat. My face in [...]

Walking a beach or a nature trail can do wonders for your stress. I wrote the following poem after such a walk and my earnest hope is that it will encourage you to take a walk of your own and to write about it afterwards. NORTH BEYOND STATION CREEK. Pressing my back against the scaly, [...]

Red terracotta-tiled roofs Were the last thing I noticed as the 747 jet rose above Botany Bay. My country is awesome vast Rich ochre-red lakes of dust and dirt Fired into an endless landscape. Repressive heat broken by haunting calls of crows and dingoes. Bush abounds as scrub Long, pine-spindly trees catch the wind turning [...]

Tracks from tyre treads Fade into wet bitumen Red taillights blur into the night like fire on waterskis. Cool air slowly drifts through the aquaduct. Jewels of condensation drop into shallow pools with monotonous reverberation. A sleek black cat stalks a shadow. The moon sizzles on ripped rows of galvanised iron. Worn frail hands set [...]