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April 6, 2011
ugly...
Image credit: clarksworth The black cab driver has the pallid pallor and sunken sockets of the crack-addicted or chemo-theraped. In the rear-view mirror His straight square [...]
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| 2 Bantering Wittily
August 25, 2010
litany...
‘You are the bread and the knife, the crystal goblet and the wine. You are the dew on the morning grass and the burning wheel of [...]
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| 11 Bantering Wittily
July 4, 2010
monday me ~ #6...
I am bracelets jangling Fabric swirling All my dreams fulfilled and not. I am lanterns glowing Hot sweet mint tea A moment and all of time. [...]
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| 7 Bantering Wittily
March 30, 2010
harere mai...
Mostly, I don’t think about how far away I am. And there is so much that absolutely rocks my world about being here. But every now [...]
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| 32 Bantering Wittily
March 9, 2010
my favourite wahine...
Readers of the blog postcards from… will be familiar with Leonie’s ability to capture and distil a moment through photography and gentle words. What they may [...]
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| 15 Bantering Wittily
March 7, 2010
how i joined the rebellion...
Strains of Bessie Smith were audible before I walked into the lecture theatre. As I took my seat I watched the professor standing at the lectern, [...]
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| 9 Bantering Wittily
November 11, 2009
armistice day...
Prime Minister William Massey addresses soldiers of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company near Arras, France, on 2 July 1918 A few years ago I was passing [...]
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| 5 Bantering Wittily
August 18, 2009
haiku, sent with love to the parking division of...
Once, God was all aroundnow its a parking warden,in his little hat. Punching the numbersinto his machine, bethe has a wee wang. There is no excusema’am, [...]
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| 9 Bantering Wittily
June 9, 2009
redact & rescind...
A couple of days ago I wrote about ‘how to blog‘ and in the process demonstrated my ability to be a little bit arsey. Which, please [...]
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| 7 Bantering WittilyMay 26, 2009
road trip...
Sometimes, when we’re on a long drive,and we’ve talked enough and listenedto enough music and stopped twice,once to eat, once to see the view,we fall into [...]
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| 1 Bantering WittilyApril 13, 2009
today i saw a mouse scurry across tube tracks, a...
And the days are not full enough And the nights are not full enough And life slips by like a field mouse Not shaking the grass. [...]
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| 3 Bantering Wittily
March 26, 2009
me and buffalo bill...
I am 35 years and 158 days old today. According to this little gem I can find out who I have outlived or half outlived. In [...]
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| 2 Bantering Wittily
