A Panegyric to the God of Abraham
Pleased to meet you, mortals – I am HE, the cosmic con, Ringmaster for believers since the circus first came on. I moulded mud into a man, for company a…
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November 8, 2025
Riche comme Crésus: A Satire on Greed and Vanity
In the gilded halls of Lydia's throne, Where gold flowed like rivers untamed, Sat Croesus, the king on his pile of stone, Enthroned in his vanity, richly proclaimed. "Oh Solon,…
November 6, 2025
A Requiem for Humanity
Thursday, I rode the evening rails, Silver tracks hissing under the city’s scars – Ordinary, almost, but for a man: Threadbare, hair wild as winter grass, Clutching a cardboard plea…
November 3, 2025
What Remains
Before the day begins, when the city still holds its breath, I walk on ground that remembers other footsteps – long before roads and fences, before this place was claimed…
October 24, 2025
River of Ancestors, Path of Stars
In the quiet fold of Djarrakpi, where sacred Country draws the ancestors close, spirits linger in the shadow of bloodwood, Milngiya River stirs – time-old and wise – flowing with…
October 20, 2025
The Secret Spells of the Old
In slanted sun, the elders sit, Their hands a map of years and wit – Wrinkled skin, a thousand lines Tracing constellations time defines. Within their eyes, moonlight rests, A…
October 12, 2025
Wind
I snatched a leaf from its branch mid-dance, then set it free to whirl,I whispered secrets through the pines, echoing in their needle veils, I stirred the lake's surface into…
October 11, 2025
Undefeated
He kneels, yet will not bow his head – Night gathers round, the field is lost, But from his wounds and earth-stained skin Still blazes pride, undimmed by cost. His…
October 7, 2025
The Rape of American Democracy: Trump’s Reality Imitating Art
Trump's dystopian America has been anticipated ain film and literature for almost 200 years.
October 4, 2025
More Than Symbols
Some of the kindest, warmest souls I’ve met Wore no cross, read no Quran aloud on street corners, Their charity quieter than the clatter of public piety – Their faith…
September 30, 2025
Walk a Mile
Before we stoke the fires and spew Our judgments tangled, sharp, untrue; Let gentleness begin its reign, To ease the depth of unseen pain.Let’s trade our shoes and set aside…
September 29, 2025
A Bird Called Neoliberalism
There’s a strange old bird on scorched southern ground, called Neoliberalism – a native by name, forged in backrooms and woken by profit’s strange call, its feathers stitched from bargains…
September 27, 2025
Echoes in the Ashes: A Dialogue Without Borders
Upon the bruised and trembling earth we stand, Echoes of Eden flicker through the dark; A voice begins – Is the architect’s hand In every fire, every broken spark?From Gaza’s…
September 25, 2025
AUKUS: An Acronymic Adventure
Australia Unfriends Kiwis, Undercuts Sovereignty – That’s AUKUS, mate, pronounced "awkward" (how apropos). An alliance spelled out in karaoke capitals, Allies United Kindly Undermining Security.A is for Aspirations (or American…
September 24, 2025
Beware: Your Creation
In the dust of forbidden pages, Where candlelight flickers on trembling script, Old myths murmur warnings through the silence Of centuries shrouded in trembling breath. We conjure guardians from the…
September 23, 2025
A Devil Among Us
Let me step from city shadows, Tip my hat and shake your hand. You might not notice, walking by, But, friend, I know this tangled land. My voice has echoed…
September 20, 2025
The Ballad of the Boardroom and the Dying Earth
In glassy towers, the board convenes; Profits declared – a thunderous sound. Shareholders nod, eyes fixed and keen, Rewarding the few with millions crowned. Golden rewards for suit-and-tie kings, While…
September 18, 2025
Blindfolded Mirrors
The headlines scream in static tongues, A body cold, a name that stung – Charlie Kirk has met his fate, The tale unfurls; the panels wait.A candled grin crackles the…
September 16, 2025
Mercy Within Fate
In the heights of Kailasha where gods gather in thin air and white silence – Garuda stands watchful, wings bright as hammered sunlight, while a tiny bird settles upon the…
September 10, 2025
A Lament on Religious Hypocrisy
Why do people snarl and spit At Islam, at faith itself, in dread? Whisper fear of crescent-lit Night, while candles for saints are fed. Why fixate, with blaming eyes, On…
September 8, 2025