Ollie Lind Poetry

Everyone on the planet has a dark side. Sometimes we have low points in our lives which threaten to overwhelm. Sometimes, in the darkest hour you gain great clarity, sometimes only despair. After just such a time in my life, long ago, I wrote this poem. I found it cathartic at the time. I look [...]

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Some things make me smile and some things make me frown. I smile at those obese people who blithely tell you they ‘only eat wholesome things’ as they stuff another hamburger in with chips and soft drink to follow. I smile to myself whilst appreciating the fact that they sincerely believe what they say. But [...]

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Sorry to the aborigines. The single biggest news item in Australia this week was the apology to the aboriginal people for past misdeeds committed by the whites. In particular a period we call ‘the stolen generation’ where aboriginal children were taken from their parents and placed in white homes to give them a ‘civilized’ upbringing. [...]

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