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Category: Poem
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The Swans Incident: A Study in Australian Cultural Decay
Dr Neville Buch[1] Swan Song August 2026 In the winter chill of a fading year, A Swan Song echoes, sharp and clear. Across the Yarra, where the shadows creep, The secrets of the hotel halls they keep. Australian Black Swans, in their flight so high, Now grounded where the broken ethics lie. A nation watches,…
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The Dog Moanfully Cries
The dog moanfully cries The memory of a lover dead Childhood Youth Lost before Found
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Memori Morti
So low am I Without a tie. Competing with the ants Eating my bananas. Chant of the giant, Eating the guanabana. We talk as pendants, Dead as the Siciliana’s Competitions as truants. Fools we are at gymkhana, cowering before the tyrants. Endnotes 1. “Memori Morti” is a Latin…
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Romanticism and Charles Taylor
Review Essay: Matthew Hunter, Charles Taylor’s Sublime Shortcomings: The great philosopher’s book about poetry is provocative but disappointing, The Chronicle of Higher Education, MAY 22, 2024. Charles Taylor (2024). Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment, Harvard University Press. At a moment when, as Taylor has…
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Today’s Incantation: A Satirical Comment for the Times*
Hallowed Be Thy Name The Holy Father The Institution[i] (The Powers that Be) The Holy Son Secured Employment (Labor, Work, Career) The Holy Spirit The ethos, sorry, hauntings[ii] of the Figurehead (The Leader, CEO, President, etc., in the filter of ‘public relations’) Forgive us our daily sins:…
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Ruth the Squirrel
Ruth the Squirrel Live to Work Work to Live Like Squirrels Of Winter In Boston Common. Pressure to Grow Delights of Sex Like Squirrels Of Spring In Boston Common. Tourist Performance Sing for your Supper! Like Squirrels Of Summer In Boston Common. Income only No expenditure Like Squirrels Of Autumn In Boston Common. Expending All…