One year in, one year out. Not too sure what to think of the times we are in. It feels as if we are all sliding towards a date with destiny. And despite the information that pours down over us every day, most can’t see what’s on that horizon…
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Intuition Kingdom
The Ghosteen Cathedral
I wrote this reflection on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ Ghosteen about a year ago for one of those 300-word column glimpses where you are meant to reflect personally on a record. My choice never got taken up because it was ‘already old’, I was told. I was supposed to choose something more of the moment. Oh well. It’s been sleeping in a computer file somewhere. I still like it. Short and sweet, as they say…
Read MoreTumbling Leaves
It hurts my bones to love you.
It hurts to see the bottle-brush needles
like dried blood on the ground.
It hurts to drive in circles round my suburb
named for ashes on a field…
Astra Zen
A story about how a vaccine shot during the pandemic transformed me into a bird.
Read MoreBlack Blanket
I see us
in the curve of our love,
kissing in the sunlight
in a park…
Map of My Heart
I try I pull my children
from the city
and its viral air,
but they live
like rebels
saying no,
maybe, it’s ok…