Poetry and vers
POEM: The Great Barrier Grieves

The Great Barrier grieves beneath the waves, in silence, cold and blue.  
The West Is Red

The West is red, the tweets are loud, the slogans reach the sky.  
POEM: Decisions, Decisions

'Tis time for the voting, as all through the land, politicians are pushing their political ...  
POEM: The Incontinence of Donald Trump

It spews forth with the slightest encouragement.  
POEM: The Measure of a Man

What makes a man in times like these?  
POEM: Requiem for Lost Children

Shssh. Listen. Can you hear them? Children singing? Children laughing? Yes, brother. Yes, sister. ...  
POEM: A Song of Change

Come listen, good people and hear my refrain, the world as we knew it has gone up in flames.  
POEM: Not Happy

What can one say of the world of today that doesn't involve despair and dismay?  
POEM: Charity

I went to the Salvos for a free feed. I certainly paid a huge price for my need...  
POEM: The Odours

This poem is an IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
POEM: Sonnet on a failure

 
POEM: The Holy Creed of Carbonus Rex

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
POEM: Nut farm

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
POEM: Queensland's choice

There's a choice to be made in the state where I live, between those who have taken and those who ...  
POEM: The light in my left eye went away

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (fiction category) entry.  
POEM: A Nation of Apologies

This poem is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
Can I have an extension please? — a compilation

This short story is an *IA Writing Competition (creative work category) entry.  
POEM: Dragon Dreaming

A poem based on the current Israeli-Palestinian crisis, touching on the intergenerational effects ...  

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