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A Heaven To Shun

‘The expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action: and till action, lust Is perjur’d*, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust; Enjoy’d no sooner but despised straight; Past reason hunted; and no sooner...

Movin’ As Beloved

A fella’s out there in that there man-cave playin’ pool by himself With fellas like that next thing there’s gonna be a gun and trouble big time They damn well do it when they’re about robbin’ a bank or killin’ some guy. Should I go...

Laughter

  Laughter The girls are here making the house their home Laughter and screams and all those things That give me hope there’s a heaven that hears Such lovely noise. (p.volkofsky) ‘Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And...

Elizabeth

Preface to Elizabeth A young art teacher alights from a train in western NSW in a floral dress and long white gloves. She has come to find her man in the outback. They marry and have four sons. She battles a spinal disease and becomes quadriplegic. For five years she...

Forever

  The going off to school is happening And while you go I stay and feel The day of small things Of birds singing and sky blue and garden fresh. And so we walk and talk and drink tea And make things and play and pray and think About your face going out into the...

So You

You found me and round me wound arms that made us And we were made And we toasted sunshine And day-light became baby-light And here we came to be. And we came to sleep and weep the deep always on this side and that And we were there And we shared days And courtship...