2015-08-01 22:01
We can feel the heartachewe can feel the lion's painwe know there's a hunter hanging roundHe wants Cecilto take his manecan't let that lion get away againhunter needs a trophy hanging roundB… Read More
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A shoemaker's travels around this world and within the Id.
2015-08-01 02:49
Poached rhino picture courtesy Facebook Rhino groups.An ageing soldier crying softly, beside a body on the groundSheds a tear for his young slain friendHe never thought this w… Read More
2015-04-19 07:44
Jan Schnell, a Copenhagen-based musician, asked me to submit a poem suitable for a musicvideo he was creating to contribute to Big Cat Rescue, a non-profit organisation near Tampa, Florida… Read More
2014-09-19 09:48
Young warriors never knew why she was leavingSpring would win its way with Winter's snowFire would rejoice, flash across the eucalyptusAnd all would be scorched with their burning.Reality ca… Read More
2014-08-24 21:07
Well, I'm wearing no shoes, and a knotted red bandannamy Levi's cut-off, bleached, and frayed at the knees.This patience rewarded: my frustrations sublimatedfor tomorrow we'll aweigh with th… Read More
2014-04-27 00:12
A Summer Rose. Jim McIntosh.In the blackest vale of sadnessI saw a faded Summer RoseHow it came to be so lonelyno one ever truly knows.On the darkest pool of waterits reflection lost its glo… Read More
2014-04-18 10:07
Every woman loves to hold a spray of rosesevery woman wants to receive them from a manbut there's just a single rose posted on my Facebook walland I know there's someone there who understand… Read More
2014-04-15 00:30
Spanish dancingCaptivating dark brown eyesflirt with me, tempting meEach step in time, each move with mineSpanish dancingSpanish dancingGonna dance togetherAll our lives.Lipizzaner horses, g… Read More
2013-09-03 06:24
There's a border so near yet so far.In helmets and vests of Kevlarwe'll chance the sniper firethat ranges along the border.Convoyed through the razor-wireto record this greatest of tragedies… Read More
2013-08-08 07:32
There's a hungry lost childwalks a busy Delhi streetfamily can't affordanother mouth to feedThere's a wrinkled farmer strugglingas he's growing oldcan't plough his fieldhis last donkey's jus… Read More
2013-08-08 02:57
Where mountains in line parade down to the sea,in blue and white uniforms majestically,there exists a rich garden of marine fauna and flora:none ever more so than at Peninsular Kaikoura… Read More
2013-07-18 03:32
Old Army Barracks, Kingston. These date from the second penal colony, 1825. Picture Jim McIntoshMuch of history's accounts and popular literature perpetuate the myth that Norfolk Island's pe… Read More
2013-07-09 22:09
I want to dance a Strauss waltz in ViennaAn der Schonen Blauen Donaubut the band I can't hear,and I'm stuck right whereI can't take a step without you.I could climb the Eiffel Tower in Paris… Read More
2013-07-06 23:04
Photo by Ayesha Cantor.Say a prayer for the rhino: it's coming again,evil is stalking, seeking its prey.Full moon silhouette giving her away.Say a prayer for the rhino that she may evade.Wit… Read More
2013-04-17 21:06
Picture by Jim McIntosh.Oh, the Eastern Dragon seduced usSucked us in and coiled aroundWe accepted the inducementsWhile the Dragon drew us downNow ivory and horn is ripped awayAnd all our ea… Read More
2013-02-12 00:07
This post was written last year, but out of respect for abuse-survivors involved in a sad case in our community, it was not published then. Tui sculpture picture www.stuff.co nzThis ste… Read More
2013-02-07 18:34
Poached rhino picture courtesy Facebook Rhino groups.An ageing soldier crying softly, beside a body on the groundSheds a tear for his young slain friendHe never thought this w… Read More
2013-02-05 07:58
Practising my yodelling at Lake Grassmere, Lakes District, UK. Nature's Symphony.There's a song flows through the mountainsThere's a rhythm in every streamThere's a tune that soars with… Read More
2013-02-03 20:02
How far are you prepared to go to achieve rights for all animals?When you read your local paper to see what's going downentertainment notice, a circus come to townfrustration gets you checki… Read More
2013-01-31 08:01
Kapiti Island lies off our beach. Picture by Jim McIntosh.That smell is in the air again, sweet and greenstalkish, the residue of the usual neighbours' Saturday afternoon subjugation&nb&hell…Read More
2013-01-18 22:56
Chobe waterfront, Botswana. Picture by Jim McIntosh.There are these rivers that flow wide between us.There are these oceans of knowledge unknown.If we could converse would you join wit… Read More
2013-01-14 09:14
How many elephants died so a rich jerk could swank around in this ivory covered car?They shot them all- the elephant.How could we be so ignorant?Just for trinkets of ivorywe destroyed a whol… Read More
2012-12-11 08:28
Photo by Jim McIntosh.The poaching of Africa's elephants and rhino is escalating at an alarming rate. 624 rhino have been killed in South Africa to date this year, up from 488 last year. The… Read More
2012-12-07 03:15
This mother clings on to her baby as she surveys the destruction of her forest home, cleared for palm oil plantations and timber for export.What's it liketo enjoy the sunshine while you… Read More
2012-12-04 20:06
Edith Piaf - 15 Dec 1915 - 11 Oct 1963.Through my valley of faded youthfull memories, a song, played over our family's big old valve radio that took up half the fron… Read More
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