Poems About Life Love Friendship
Posted in Poems on Feb 5th, 2009
I wrote this poem some time ago when I as in a contemplative mood. When I was very young I was tormented by dreams of vague menace. I was no stranger to waking up in a cold sweat. As I grew the dreams stopped. I don’t profess to know where dreams come from or what [...]
Sometimes I think about patriotism and the passion it generates. I wonder if it has a dark side. I certainly appreciate my country of birth and feel pride at my fellow countrymen’s achievements. Yet, I cannot help thinking about the fabulous song by John Lennon. I am talking about “Imagine.” Maybe there should be no [...]
Posted in Poems on Mar 23rd, 2008
One of the most pressing problems, to my mind in our modern society is mental illness. Drugs don’t seem to be the answer. In fact it seems that many drugs exacerbate the problem. I wrote this poem in an attempt to gain some sort of understanding of the state of mind of someone who is [...]
Posted in Poems on Feb 11th, 2008
It’s funny how the most disparate incidents can trigger emotion. Some years ago the Salvation Army had a TV ad running that depicted an old man in a torn singlet looking into a dirty, cracked mirror. He was looking at himself as a young man, wasting his life on alcohol and drugs. It touched me [...]
Posted in Observations on Life on Jul 13th, 2007
The other evening I was walking along Devonshire Street in Surry Hills here in Sydney. I was returning from a martial arts class and, in spite of the cold weather, was as warm as toast and feeling invigorated. I call Kung Fu ‘ten ways to choke a bloke.’ (just kidding) I was approaching a hotel [...]
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Poems About Life Love Friendship
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