Hidden Capacity ~ a poet's journey (Pub, Ireland 2003)
2003: 'Hidden Capacity ~ a poet's journey'. My first book of poems published in Ireland with a Preface by Professor Glen Phillips, Director of Landscape and Language at ECU, Mt Lawley Campus, Western Australia.
Three sections: 'The Return of Rainbows' - university study at 50, 'Rail Tales' written on the train journey from home to University, also published later as a chapbook. The final section, 'Exploring Possibilities' focusses on my reunion with the man I should have married 28 years before... in Africa. We've now been married for 20 years.
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Computer Messenger

Computer Messenger… Banter that backfired because literal interpretations got lost in considered connotations, (re-read a thousand times) of what...
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Cynical Cinquains
1. She lay prostrate. Waiting. Will he stay a while when their beating hearts have calmed down? Never.
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Freeway Haikus
Three Haiku written for a Uni assignment.
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Inspiration

Why do I now prefer writing in my bedroom when I have a perfectly good study - a space cleared for thought? I feel inspired to dream while I’m awake...
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Lakeside on Campus

I’m sitting here next to the lake listening to the Magpie’s talk, the Wood Ducks peep, the fountains filter their water. This is the first entry into...
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Scissors I.P.
Written a while ago but the result of a Zen writing workshop which inspired my suggestion for this week's Inspiration Point.
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The Boffin
bookshops are like lovers they numb in black & white then seduce you with colour titillate and tempt your soul until you finally let go find the...
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Late Lecturer

LATE LECTURER For Glen….. Skeleton turned to the corner Polka dots. Orange cord. Yellow book. Blue Chairs. Wasting. Waiting. Bemused. Is it raining...
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Melissa's Melody

Observations on a train. Muffled music begins and everyone near searches in pockets and pouches for their mobiles. “ Melissa” speaks loudly and I...
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Road Ribbons to Forever (IP)

ROAD RIBBONS TO FOREVER still cold the orb lay low quick glimpse then hidden motor climbing to drown crow’s haunting early wake-up call blades of...
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A Found Memory

Remembering my dearest Mum on what would have been her birthday, posting a poem I wrote in honour of her when I was studying for my Creative Writing...
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Computer Messenger

When my returned-love found my name on the net after 28 years, the computer was both my friend and my enemy, forming a safe barrier to hide behind...
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Cockatoo Chorus

Artwork: Jessica McCallum © 2000 Although actually written at university and included in my chapbook ‘Return of Rainbows’, this poem was first...
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