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  • Dog Train

    I want to ride in the carriage where the dog sits.

    Poetry Apr 2026
  • The Definition of Sound

    The sound of that voice, that once knew all your silences.

    Poetry Mar 2026
  • The Weight of Pages

    He entered my life when I was eleven or twelve; one of those friendships that arr...

    Blog July 2025
  • Radiance

    You envied the distant starsI gazed upon in awe,missing the radiant burstof love I held for ...

    Poetry Feb 2025
  • Firewood, aliens and shooting stars

    Let me stay in this moment; just a little longer than usual. Let ...

    Poetry Nov 2024
  • Quiet by Susan Cain

    When I bite into an Orange, I find the flavours to be incredibly stimulating. I love citrus flavours...

    Blog Dec 2018
  • Black Coffee Blues

    Henry Rollins wakes you up bitterly wide eyed open with Black Coffee Blues. This was a strange read....

    Blog Dec 2018
  • The Last Girl

    I finished ‘The Last Girl’ by Nadia Murad this week. This book clutches you with the painful detail ...

    Blog Nov 2018
  • Homo Deus

    A lot of information adhered to me while immersed in this well-written book. But few of them took mo...

    Blog Oct 2018
  • What the Dog Saw

    Again I come out enlightened by Malcolm Gladwell at the end of a reading journey. ‘What the Dog Saw’...

    Blog Oct 2018
  • Crocodile Chamber

    The publisher closed shop so I had to republish on Kindle. Thought that I should do my own cover art...

    Blog Sept 2018
  • Reading List

    Imagine that you were asked to give the public your ‘reading list’. Not what you’re currently readin...

    Blog Sept 2018
  • Who introduced you to coffee?

    Coffee was the forbidden drink. We were permitted to drink as much tea as we could. People didn’t re...

    Blog July 2018
  • The late-night Jazz playlist fill...

    The late-night Jazz playlist fill the atmosphere and the night takes control. The clear liquid in th...

    Blog Apr 2018
  • Blink!

    When I have copies of Malcolm Gladwell’s books floating around in my apartment, I must inhale the sp...

    Thoughts Apr 2018
  • Rules

    I have rules that I’ve made for myself.Sometimes I decide,when and why I need them to break.Don’t un...

    Blog Apr 2018
  • Words glow. Stories show. Where...

    Words glow. Stories show. Where my heart needs to go. #lifx #bookshelf #booksandcoffee #coffee #book...

    Blog Mar 2018
  • Dragonfly

    Choke, I try to hold,tears come within by chest and out from my eyes,they want to burst.Broke,from c...

    Blog Mar 2018
  • I’ve breathed you in,and now...

    I’ve breathed you in,and now I’m waiting,for your questions,your discussions,your stare, hair,your b...

    Blog Mar 2018
  • I need to change, this...

    I need to change, this worn-out shape, because my muscles ache and my fingers are ready to break. Th...

    Blog Mar 2018
  • Untamed

    Bubbles surround my brain,she’s next to me,on an island and in the rain.The wind tries to take my wo...

    Blog Feb 2018
  • Her dreams were a place...

    Her dreams were a place where the most desired truths reside. But she wandered in her sleep to a fee...

    Blog Feb 2018
  • Two Thousand with the one and eight.

    ‘Click’, said the switch – this may not make much sense. Creating something great, like they said, r...

    Thoughts Jan 2018
  • The flaming sun ends into...

    The flaming sun ends into deep sea where coffee begins to battle the darkness. #coffee #red #blue (a...

    Blog Nov 2017
  • Create your own brand of...

    Create your own brand of magic. #onwriting #stephenking (at Sydney, Australia)

    Blog Oct 2017
  • Grand

    It was the beach where I used to live. Where I remember a different childhood life. Ten minutes driv...

    Blog Sept 2017
  • In the #johnbutlertrio groove with...

    In the #johnbutlertrio groove with their new song ‘Bully’ “Let me tell ya, they want your mind, they...

    Blog Aug 2017
  • Best day of my life;...

    Best day of my life; when my favorite writer re-tweets my post. #bestdayever #chuckpalahnuik #surviv...

    Blog Aug 2017
  • “The joke is, we all...

    “The joke is, we all have the same punchline.” - Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor. #chuckpalahnuik @chuckpa...

    Blog Aug 2017
  • Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa – Book review

    I don’t inhale books, but I do like the scent of the pages. By inhale, I mean, finishing a book in t...

    Blog Apr 2017
  • The Lot, Michael Leunig (review)

    “The last day of school never ends, it just fizzles out – for the rest of your life” – Michael Leuni...

    Blog Mar 2017
  • Trigger

    Am I detained?Or; am I free to go?Please let me know.There is reason to believe,you think,my life is...

    Blog Mar 2017
  • Spark

    Someone always tried to sell her their heart.But they all failed to declare the hefty hidden cost.Th...

    Blog Mar 2017
  • Angular Momentum

    These lights, they are slowing the surface of the sun. Particles of photons escape into a place of n...

    Blog Feb 2017
  • Elements at 12:42 am

    While light is bound and fall,onto solid ground and they crawl. When time came around to form,a fist...

    Poetry Feb 2017
  • Swim

    Thememories,I’ve thrown in the bin.In my sleep the stubborn stains,sometimes they still make me spin...

    Poetry Feb 2017
  • If nothing else

    You are trying your best not to let your heart burst out loud in every direction. You wait for the c...

    Blog Feb 2017
  • Shelter

    I initially wrote this sometime back in 2012 - I can only hope for the best of changes to overcome t...

    Blog Feb 2017
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