Now we have a new little man to tug at your heartstrings…
I wish you could meet…
Pick flowers…
Knit them toys and jumpers…
Make cupcakes…
Have special conversations…
I try to be you, Mum – every day, for them.
To all the mums out there, have a really wonderfulMother’s Day.
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Lovely – on this lovely Mother’s Day.
The pitter patter of love’s droplets
sprinkled upon our cheeks
should show you
that there is so much more
than cannot be explained by science
or astronomy, in atoms, molecules
or the idiosyncrasies of man
in his perfect condition.
On blue-gray evenings
when constellations collide
and lovers
simultaneously combust
from the sheer delight
of the other’s pulsing promises,
soft waves of spiritual movement
create a transformation
in the quiet atmosphere of us.
~
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The baby southern white rhino was abandoned by mom and found by the Ol Pejeta team when he was only 2 weeks old. Very sick and barely alive, he has made an amazing recovery with the help of caretakers.
Named Ringo, after rhino advocate Ringo Starr, he has been introduced to Sudan, the last male northern white rhino on the planet. The two make quite the pair. Click below to watch more:
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/17/audiobooks-booming-chart-bookseller-top-20
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Any director who values character ‘first and foremost’… has my vote. This is a must see! Thanks for bringing it to my attention, C.J.
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Photo from cover of ‘Rail Tales’
Young woman sits
while an old man stands.
She gazes through layers
of foundation.
Does it screen
the opposite wall?
Can’t she read the
“Who are you fooling?”
Fake fur-collared jacket
and label shoes.
Large black leather bag
clutched to protect her
– it doesn’t – she’s mean!
The old man has turned
his neat and clean
but well-worn back
and solidly sways,
not expecting courtesy.
Frances Macaulay Forde © 2000
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It’s been a while since the Writers Ask Writers group has posted, but we couldn’t let the opportunity to celebrate two new releases go by! The main characters in those new novels—Georgia in Sara Fo…
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‘Water over Stone’ by Laura Jan Shore published by Interactive Press, Brisbane in 2011.
I have so many books, it’s time again to clear space for my new ones. If I buy new shelves, it won’t solve the problem – I have a very small home. So.
Faced with such a hard job and before I give my copy to someone else to enjoy, just as my poetic friend and colleague Glen Phillips gave me this one, I hope to convince you to buy your own copy.
Opening stanza includes my favourite tree; a Jacaranda: ‘Leaning up against this gnarled tree,/bark shredded/and dangling like loose skin,/’ .
After 44 life-exposing pieces, I found the last poem didn’t seem to fit with the journey, but seemed to be included to placate someone else…
Personally, the book ended nicely for me just before the last with my favourite car, although not a car in this last stanza of ‘Jaguar’: ‘ …and the laws of balance snap/the tender neck/of my desolate/youth.’
But it’s all about the page 44 for me and the stand-out poem by Laura Jan Shore from ‘Water over Stone’.
Embracing The Wind
Whipped to a froth, surf
suds the shore.
Wings churn as the crown, blown back,
surrenders and shifts course.
The echo of your words clatter
with dry leaves against stone.
The gum tree groans. Parrots cuddle
three pairs in the banksia.
Air tangles my hair, clutches at
my clothes and like your strong hands
curved around my waist, shoves me
towards the rocky point.
Unresisting, I rush headlong
into swirls of sand
chafing my ankles like the harsh
intimacies of our long marriage,
grit between my teeth.
Eyelids at half-mast, arms akimbo
my tousled thoughts
rinse clear.
This spring quickening
all biff and bluster
unfurls my ragged nerves.
None of the houses we’ve built
can shelter us from these gusts,
so unlatch the door and join me
in this great whoosh –
see how the crow glides now,
wings outstretched
sustained by the wind?
Laura Jan Shore © 2011
(Laura’s latest books are available from Dangerously Poetic Press.)
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Thom Hickey one of the blessed 50s baby boomer generation, was born in London into an Irish family and formally educated at catholic schools and Cambridge University. More importantly he was infor…
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