PinnedMember-onlyLove Knot TantraMy multimedia eBook holiday giveaway. Yes, it’s free! A multimedia eBook about Tantric India This 158-page richly illustrated eBook of poems, short articles, audio recordings & videos comes from my experience of living on and off for years in rural and urban India.Tantra3 min readTantra3 min read
Published in Inspired Education·PinnedMember-onlyHow I (Eventually) Crossed the Bridge Into Teaching, Part 1or — why am I here? — Have you ever played this mind game after achieving a major life goal — getting the first job, finding your partner, having a child, paying off the house? Be honest. After such milestones, have you not asked what’s next? The very existence of the question shows that milestones are only…Inspired Education9 min readInspired Education9 min read
Published in The POM·PinnedMember-onlyTo One Passed OverA request — The dead don’t die. They look on and help. - D.H. Lawrence speak as I dodge a taxi coming at me down the alley are you inside? speak so I never lose hope because we’re still linked by a long silver thread — you sailing up there red kite speak…The Pom1 min readThe Pom1 min read
Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Poems·Feb 4Member-onlyThe Biggest Island in the WorldA Poem Celebrating the Smallest Continent, Australia — In the blue hills of the biggest island in the world, there are lazy bends in the trout-swollen creeks and babblers in the gumtree restaurants. Elsewhere, dingoes sniff out the rabbit holes of their kingdom. A trail bike rips the dunes unzipping a dress on the edges of the biggest island…Bouncin And Behavin Poems3 min readBouncin And Behavin Poems3 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Feb 2Member-onlyDinner Party WarsAudio microfiction: foodies fight it out on the Food Network — 1. Five Strangers Take five strangers, ask each to throw a dinner party, mix things up with some secret scoring for a €1,000 prize and you have a recipe for disaster. Yes, it’s been a week of cat poo in Debra’s kitty litter stinking out the dining room, Grandma Sheila’s weird robotic…Scuzzbucket4 min readScuzzbucket4 min read
Published in Literary Impulse·Jan 27Member-onlyThe Truth about NamasteWhat does it mean to Indians and Asians versus the rest of the world? Article and audio poem. — Namaste, East and West Yoga aficionados utter it all the time with mantra-like solemnity. Namaste, namaste, namaste — teachers meeting students and students greeting students. These days, namaste also appears on tote bags, t-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers. Saying “nahm-ahs-tay” with conscious over-emphasis has become the go-to greeting in Western spiritual and wellness…Literary Impulse7 min readLiterary Impulse7 min read
Published in The Howling Owl·Jan 4Member-only5 Santa PostcardsTiny stories with audioscape & intro to serial microfiction — 1. Adelaide, South AustraliaThe Howling Owl6 min readThe Howling Owl6 min read
Published in Sky Collection·Dec 31, 2022Member-onlyThe Whispering WallA poem proposing marriage — At road’s end, where shores lap the mountain’s neck and wet rats dive for cover, the trout leaps up and then departs through bracelets of water, and the Whispering Wall waits like a huge stone piano of tinkled sounds. Its reservoir handrail sings the song-cycles of…Sky Collection6 min readSky Collection6 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Dec 22, 2022Member-onlySilver Arrow CabTaxi poem: a dramatised dialogue and video Living in Singapore I take a lot of cabs because the island is small and buying and maintaining a car is very expensive due to excessive tax. …Scuzzbucket5 min readScuzzbucket5 min read
Published in The Howling Owl·Dec 21, 2022Member-onlyNight Owl, PunjabWhere have the owls gone? — Preface ‘Night Owl, Punjab’ (see the Soundcloud link below) is a track from Indian City. It was recorded in New Delhi — me on vocals playing Indian-tuned guitar. Indian flautist Rohit Anand plays the bansuri, Pt. …The Howling Owl5 min readThe Howling Owl5 min read
