Poems About Life Love Friendship
Posted in Poems on Jun 29th, 2008
The “election” is over. Significant opposition figures have been either imprisoned or murdered. The despot will retain, at least for the present, power over his miserable and oppressed people. The Western world has wrung its collective hands and ranted about ‘sanctions’ and ‘political pressure.’ The African continent, itself not wholly without corruption, stands by and [...]
Posted in Poems on Feb 12th, 2008
I was having dinner with a lady friend in a restaurant on the North Shore in Sydney some time ago. She is of German descent and, naturally, we were in a German restaurant. She is a life long friend and we know each other as well as brothers and sisters do. I noticed this young [...]
Noteworthy news this week is the closeness of the Democratic race for the nomination. The choices are clear and stark; or are they? Two firsts, one an unknown quantity to an extent. The other well known. It may be their strengths are also their weaknesses. On one hand, the lack of experience may tell against [...]
Posted in Poems on Feb 4th, 2008
I drew inspiration for this poem from the knowledge that every major city on the planet has this problem. I believe we owe it to [tag-tec]our children[/tag-tec] to protect them from the circumstances depicted in the poem. So many of us simply shut our eyes when we see these children. If just one person stops [...]
I love to write poetry. I don’t know about you, but I find it soothing to my soul. This particular one was inspired by an old man who used to parade up and down the footpath alongside a particularly busy highway in Sydney, Australia. He walked up and down with a sandwich-board adorned with signs [...]
