out of sorts

my clothes don’t match today such a simple thing to turn con­fid­ent strides into frumpy shrinking such a long way from flow­ing ochre silks or scar­let coats; my mind hunches in con­cert, nar­rowed, pinched, as if the scope of thought...

Sliding into Sydney

When we were young we watched incan­des­cent flick­er­ing images of people rising like a sea from train stations, koy­aan­isqatsi in the Val­halla cinema on Glebe Point Road late at night and we swore we would never become one of these face­less...

I’m a feminist and I support Wikileaks

Whenever I’ve raised the com­plex inter­ac­tions I see around the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, I find myself mired in defend­ing my position. If I say I sup­port his work and that I wel­come the new world where gov­ern­ments...

Love

In the beginning Love is wordless It is the touch of skin Suck­ling. A cuddle in the dark. Then love is simple I love you mama Means you are my world And you are com­fort and Heal­ing to me In teen­hood love is mercenary....

When I wish upon a star

Wish­list for me… pretty things more oriental/middle east­ern hanging things bubble bath, bath oils fancy food things (gluten-free, dairy-free) ear­rings – amber or amethyst neck­lace – amber or garnet brace­lets – amber books Movida Rustica poetry...