by Anne Skyvington | Aug 11, 2024 | Poetry
Judith Wright has been called ‘the conscience of the nation’ for her commitment to the environment and Aboriginal land rights. Nevertheless, it is for her poetry that she is best remembered, poetry which has helped shape Australia’s perception of...
by Anne Skyvington | Jul 28, 2024 | Poetry, Writing Spirit
Research book (a gem) that I discovered and used for this post: The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse: 110 Poets on the Divine: [Edited by Kaveh Akbar, Penguin Random House UK, 2022] Rumi: 1207- Lift Now the Lid of the Jar of Heaven Many Sufis believed that alcoholic...
by Anne Skyvington | Mar 20, 2024 | Writing Australia
A Personal Journey The 1970s were a time of great change in Australia. This post is based on my memories of that time and the beginning of the Women’s Movement in Sydney, Australia. By 1972, the fledgling beginnings of a feminist movement were evident in...
by Anne Skyvington | Mar 8, 2024 | Writing Topics
What are the four waves of feminism? And what comes next? I have republished this article by Sharon Crozier-De Rosa from “The Conversation” under a Creative Commons license. Sharon Crozier-De Rosa, University of Wollongong In Western countries,...
by Anne Skyvington | Mar 4, 2024 | Guest Post, Writing Australia
Anne says: I’m reposting this today, as it is so very relevant to all of us as we age, and risk losing loved ones who are also ageing. My dear Grandma used to say how it’s those that are left who suffer, not the dying. And as Ian shows us, you can be...
by Anne Skyvington | Mar 3, 2024 | Writing Australia
The Mardi Gras festival for the Gay and Lesbian community (LGBTQ) occurred as usual in March, within stricter guidelines than in the past, because of Covid. Randwick Council showed great initiative in promoting a rainbow coloured walkway on the steps at Coogee Beach....
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 20, 2024 | Writing Spirit, Writing Topics
What is Meditation? “It’s what happy and successful people do,” I was told, when I first started learning about meditation and how to do it. The Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhists believe that happiness is the actual goal of most people on...
by Anne Skyvington | Feb 3, 2024 | Poetry, Writing Spirit
WILLIAM BLAKE The Tyger Tyger, Tyger, burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skiesBurnt the fire of thine eyes?On what wings dare he aspire?What the hand dare seize the fire? And...
by Anne Skyvington | Jan 26, 2024 | Poetry
W. H. Auden: Stop the Clocks * Note the melodic iambic pentameter and internal rhymeStop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,Silence the pianos and with muffled drumBring out the coffin, let the mourners come.Let...
by Anne Skyvington | Nov 1, 2023 | Writing Australia
In the Sutherland Shire 32 kilometres south of Sydney is a hilly tree-rich suburb on the edge of the National Park with an indigenous ring to it: Yarrawarrah. It lies next to Engadine with Heathcote and Waterfall further to the south. It takes one hour by train to get...
