The roar of the traffic on the six-lane highway, leaving Melbourne, was deafening. Wild drivers weaving wantonly across the lanes. Madness…

Kites. On a humid hot February day, as Bill was keeping cool by immersing himself in the pool and drinking a long cool lager or two, he gazed again at the message. ‘Meet me where the Kites fly’. No other words to enlighten him. Bill scratched his chin, always an…

Fiction — From the window she watched the Ibis embroider the sky. They formed intricate formations as they followed their leader across the blue. How she longed to fly with them. Their rhythmic motion moved in time with the classical music, on the radio, her permanent companion. Calmness crept over her. The…

The Lark’s Poetry Competition. Passion. To have passion is to live. To love till it aches is perfect pain. Death cannot extinguish the desire, The separation only enhances the longing. One glance long ago lit this flame, One touch of lips ignited the fire. Wholeness of spirits joined, Bodies neatly…

Sometimes we need a push, just a gentle prompt, To leap into the unknown. I took a giant bound! A leap, a step forward! It worked out well, you will be pleased to know, Once again, home, cocooned, and safe. I have lived to tell my tale. This all sounds…

Trash 1. Green bin, Overflows, full! Blue bin, Yellow bin too! I sort and select correctly. Where to? Trash 2. Does our trash end up Where we think it does? Who’s eyes are watching? Are we blindly overlooking, Deceptions and Perfidy. Trash 3. The Tip, is the northern point of…

I was asked to write on Trash, didn’t know where to publish. Sorry if I have upset you. Can you publish? Or make suggestion?

Take pen. Stroke white paper. Lines carry your visions. Creating pictures as they dance, Across. A Cinquaine. 2, 4, 6, 8, 2 sequence of syllables

Blue outcrops hazily rise, Beyond the dry, dusty red track. Purple weed spreading lustily, Carpeting valleys and hills. Tread carefully, quietly here, Stay alert, eyes wide. They appear suddenly, Hopping from rock to rock. The Flinders Ranges in South Australia is a world apart. An awesome place of many spectacular…