Hannah Grace, Ocean Shores
These last years have been tough. Drought, and then terrible fires and the coronavirus and this disgusting homicidal mental case in Russia invading Ukraine because his playground isn’t big enough and he needs more oligarchical power (and money). Poor little overly potty-trained demanding maniac. And now we’ve just had the biggest rain event in 70 years, which has affected so many people that we care about. It’s been a pretty condensed and hard time for all of us.
Fair dinkum, I reckon without the SES and firies and nurses and ambos and police we’d be stuffed. Many, many thanks to them. Thank you, you lot, for being there for us.
I wonder what was happening in Ukraine just before Russian invaded?
I wonder what has been happening there since the US backed coupe 8 years ago.
If Hunter Biden’s laptop is unavailable, I suggest starting with any interview with Russell Bentley since the coupe 8 years ago. He’s been living the dream over there.
Mean while…
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror –
The wide brown land for me!
KISS for UKRAINE [Stefanie Bennett]
Dexterity was put on hold
as the bombs dropped.
Submissively, the woman
tossed coarse salt
over both shoulders, steadied the cut-glass pitcher
and folded curd
in a spotted napkin.
When the panting corridor of air
spiraled
it slapped
the courtyard child –
her child –
oblivion bound.
Omitted is the sound
of love’s collision.
Wow that’s powerful. Great poetry Stefanie