Somewhere in the inspirational past an erudite lecturer of economics introduced me and my fellow inebriates to the maxim ‘there are lies, damned lies and statistics’, it has remained with me as a guiding light throughout my working life, so much so that, with apologies to Mark Twain [1835-1910] I often paraphrase it into support of other arguments.

I use the term argument not in a contentious way, a dispute where there is strong disagreement, but as a fact…

Colony--from Latin colonial, via colons ‘the farmer’ from colure ‘to cultivate’.

the politics of age is a nasty old sage that nature rejects

while the intellect perfects with concepts of veneration

where the pensioner accepts what’s left of mechanization beyond the range of superannuation

-where the purpose of success lies beneath the nature of regeneration, like need and want a colony of succession is established through an act of implementation,…

Partners

moving forward

Out of the mix

Into the crowd

with the plastic bits

of the finger tips

critically engaged

at this early stage

this emotional age

with the screen

the street seam

kurbing the landscape

with the bitumen strip

inside the chip

the connection

engaged

with velvet hits

the emotion fits

the limousine trips

and language tips

ribbons of…

Keep an eye out for The Southern Highlands Poetry Anthology, edited by Peter Lach-Newinsky, which is about to be released at a very affordable price in good places that believe in good poetry. Mark Tredinnick, Jennifer Compton, Peter, yours truly and a few other Highlanders and ex-Highlanders are in it. In the six poems included of mine, you'll find everything from Adolf Hitler to rice flowers. My thanks to PLN for all his vision and generosity. LJ