how can we compete with trees? artists, sculptors trees bring them to their knees jeez Louise look at those trunks big spunks those...

lest we forget how wet we were when the river came to call before dawn while we were still in bed but not asleep on high alert and fully...

People often ask with a sneer, ‘Do you do divorce ceremonies, too?’ Tee hee hee. Well, short answer, ‘I do and I will. Divorce doesn’t...

fathers’ day the old one and the new the dead one and the now vying for attention in our hearts and in our souls rough feelings bubble up...

My name is Jane Clifton and I have lived in MARIBYRNONG, with my partner, Paul Williamson, since 1996. We knew the property was on a...

THE MIST good will seeps like mist through tiny pores past oak-thick doors of brick-hard fierce resistance to the yule stubborn as mules...

November 6th 2022 - JETTISON 3 weeks on inundation into liquidation slow stagnation and acceptance of what’s gone the mood is one of...

October 30th 2022 - RIVER malevolent slug sulking cowering brown and bloated just below the rocks now lurking lapping seething with...

October 27th 2022 - FLOOD I miss my nook encased by books my shelves and shelves of former selves of thoughts ideas and rhetoric and...

I knew it would go quickly, this season, but it has flown and here I am with 2 shows to go ya. I have loved – am loving – every moment of...

".....please note: A Day at a Time is not a poetry reading; it is an assured performance. And whether or not the poems were written for...

July 10th I’ve put the dust on notice the dishes and the crust that’s building round the trivets I’ve put the garden beds and compost...

Getting excited now... My new show at La Mama opens in 11 days and tickets are starting to move. I would love to see you there in person,...

no on second thoughts no this is a bad idea I said I just wanna close my ears to everything about this election I said close inspection...

tongues out lies in Howard’s got your rival’s back now that’s a thing tongue in cheek lies and gags abound and gaffes will come around to...

it’s the club nobody wants to join but once you’re in you are a part of history lifetime membership posterity Germ of the Century has...

first round hearts pound thrills amongst the swill of beer cups and chip trays hip hip hoorays fat people in small seats leap to their...

in the upside-down world that is showbiz my perfect average Sunday means a job us mob of showfolk rock a different schedule to the 9-5...

did Shane Warne read in flight of great Rod Marsh’s passing and murmur to himself ‘too soon’ not knowing that the keeper’s reaper lurked...

WHO’S GOT THE BALL? why hate the queen surely there are bigger fish to fry to wish they’d up and die how does she affect your life down...