Clik here to view.
Inspiration and originality or parody and plagiarism? # 469
Among the statistics which WordPress suuplies me about my readers is a table of most viewed posts. Prominent among these is my sonnet, Homage to Sonnet 138 of Shakespeare. It’s a poetic paraphrase,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Romance can’t handle change #472
Some poets and writers, whom I despise, can’t cope with the fact that even the love we might think of as ‘everlasting’ fades into memory. Their idea of romantic love meant that it had to last forever,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poetry and physics #473
I’m an man of what Snow called ‘the two worlds’, meaning science and arts. I worked as an astronomer; I publish poetry. Both physics and the arts I’ve absorbed since I was old enough to read, so it’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Strong medicine #474
This blog is supposed to feature my poems, so I am puting this one in even though I am not satisfied with it. Maybe nobody can keep up to the standard of their best writing all the time! I’m sure I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Magic of Sex #476
Just my latest poem, triggered by a song I heard on a jazz program, ‘The Touch of Her Lips’. The Magic of Sex Why does the touch of her hand, the sound of her voice send vibrations through us, rattling...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When did you grow up? #481
Last night on one of our non-commercaial TV channels several well-wnown Australian comedians were interviewed about their physical development, specifically, their sexual development. One lady said...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poems of love and sex #482
Here are two which are both erotic in the wider definition, though one is without and one includes sexual feelings. No apologies for the British/Australian spelling. Both of these show ‘Never...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An ancient lover and poet #485
Here are two love poems from some years ago. I have a lot of them! A lot has happened since I wrote them, but as I have said in verse, ‘love lasts for ever/ though lovers always part’. I am a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
kittens and babies #489
Nowadays, it’s politically incorrect to own whole cats; that is, cats which have not been spayed or neutered. One result of this a smaller number of feral or unwanted cats. Another is that millions...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alpha, Beta – a story. #491
This quickie is, as closely as I can make it, a transcription of a vivid dream I had last night. As to what that means, or where it came from, I can’t say. Fear of being supplanted by a younger man?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two short bits #494
Two of my poems transposed into short, short stories or texts. This was a challenge by one I love, to show that, while thinking of myself only as a writer of poetry or essays, I am in fact capable of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Love and stealth #495
Here’s another of my poems turned into a short piece of plain text. I’m doing this to improve my writing skills. It may be relevant that at one time, in the 1950s, I was a Radar Officer in the RAAF,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I write erotica (sometimes) 502
Go to Google and find ERWA, the Erotica Readers And Writers Associiation. Under the heading ‘Gallery’ you’ll find two works of mine, one under stories and the other under poems. You might also see...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Heroes’ of the grassy field #505
I went to all boys’ schools. Apparently they don’t exist in the public systems in America any more, but they did here before the concept of co-education and the socialisation of older children was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Octogenerian musings #514
To have sex without being married, when I was young, was a deliberate defiance of society’s mores. Only the daring ones who risked a lot could set out on such a dangerous course. This was long ago,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Alpha, Beta # 517
I wrote this short story for the Erotica Readers, and it was well received there, so I’m promoting it to my blog here. Years ago, I was a foundation member of the Astronomical Society of Australia,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
That Night at the Hyatt #518
Up to now, I have had my erotic stories and poetry only in the Erotica Readers’, but I have nothing to lose by disclosing that I have been a writer of erotica for several years now. This poem is about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lucky in love #522
Lucky in love? I’m not sure how one would know that. But I can say that love and I have danced for years, for decades, in fact. Sometimes it’s been good, sometimes I’ve slipped and fallen. But I have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
love in a fog #527
love in a fog The fog covers the town, not like a creature whose tendrils curl about us, but something passive, a soggy blanket, holding in not warmth but last night’s cold and frost. Above its...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A free eBook worth reading! # 536
You can read my latest book free. I have put it on ePub Bud.com, and can can confirm that it’s all there because I have downloaded it on to my Sony Reader. I’m happy about this. At one time I thought...
View Article