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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Hot body

    • Various
    • 03 November 2009

    The sun is a hot body. It warmly makes love to me.  

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    The feminist eunuch

    • Various
    • 26 August 2008
    1 Comment

    What is Germaine to her personality? .. Her Catholic childhood I fear.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Saddam's neck

    • Various
    • 01 July 2008

    the noose .. in a loop around his neck .. in a loop on CNN .. over and over again

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Sonnet for a city

    • Various
    • 03 June 2008

    Water colour petals grow into a crowd .. They populate the dustproof draft of an afternoon under the offices .. a saint shall guide anyone towards a meditation on the whole picture .. the Central Business District.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Tossed salad state of mind

    • Various
    • 29 April 2008
    4 Comments

    he was diverted.. from the impending roast.. and wiping red wine.. from his generous lips.. he mouthed sweet nothings.. in retaliation.

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  • AUSTRALIA

    Essential ingredient for nation building

    • Various
    • 18 February 2008

    The outbreak of violence in East Timor April 2006 showed that the UN had not reached first base in its efforts to lay the foundation for a small but robust nation. Now the Rudd Government has provided a template that may be of significant use to those involved with nation building in East Timor.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Photographing Australia's humanitarian response

    • Various
    • 28 January 2008
    1 Comment

    A new exhibition of compelling and confronting photographs captures the impact of natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies, and the crucial role of Australian aid workers and volunteers in the initial response and longer term rebuilding process.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    In search of sanctuary

    • various
    • 31 October 2007

    Their lives are anchored at the verge of loss, | Like a flipped coin assurance is unlikely.| Refugees endure a prolonged journey of conflict

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Perhaps dying isn’t hard after all

    • Various
    • 17 October 2007

    Spirited away nestled in a feathered chest we close our eyes against the dappled, vaulted light, riding the high notes beyond pain.

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Three Jesus poems

    • Various
    • 05 September 2007
    1 Comment

    If Jesus was a swimmer he'd be you, blue flippers for sandals, sinewed torso arrowing the surf

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  • ARTS AND CULTURE

    Reading the stars while the place goes to seed

    • Various
    • 08 March 2007

    thoughts crawl in to a packing case nailed up a tree  ... nothing happens in between the years broken up ... the password hidden within you, never coming down

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