[tabby title="Poem"] (for Hannah the Cat:Arrived 21/06/2025 Departed 12/08/2026) You came into our livesVery punyTimid & homesickDay by day learning to loveLearning to trustLiving by your own rulesSometimes sickSometimes healthyCentre of my wellbeing & source of lifeAlways victorious in every...

[tabby title="Poem"] 50/ 50In a balance of probabilitiesHalf-full half-emptyNobility a life's chance of vulnerability Walking milestonesIlluminated in countless candlesValue judgementA kilometre in shoo-shoosSo who's whoWhen the stormy winds of life startTo blow?It never kills to hopeDistant horizons turned aglowEyes half-ope...

[tabby title="Poem"] V.OT.E.(Vengeance Of The Elites) June the 30thAs the anti-migration deadline loomsI begin to fearFor my country/ now more than ever YesterdayComing from the Memorial ServiceOf a close friendOne of our Mozambican tenantsCalled for meBefore I could even take...

[tabby title="Poem"] A country so evilIt marks the birthdaysOf its former heads of stateBy poisoning our pets Feeding our cats poisoned miceThe penultimate act of malice Why notJust kill the ownerAnd spare the pet?First it was feline fluTill poison turned...

[tabby title="Poem"] (for Brian Yankee Mokae Mogaki -25.09.1971 - 03.06.2026) Fare thee well Mr MiyagiGo well MozartGoodbye Sir Go go Bushman tour guideWe shall all follow your spoorTo where no one knowsYou nominal Anglican and passionate traditionalist You kept the...