I’ve copied the following article from The Conversation This title and article written by Anna Halafoff and Rosie Clare Shorter caught my attention, even though I am far from being a Gen Z, having recently turned eighty. It was in my thirties, though, that I first sought answers to questions such as ‘what’s it all […] The post Why Is Spirituality So Popular? appeared first on The Art of Creative Writing ..read more

Rumi: 1207- Lift Now the Lid of the Jar of Heaven(Many Sufis believed: Intoxication might thin the veil between here and the divine) Pour, cupbearers, the wine of the invisible,The name and sign of what has no sign!Pour it abundantly, it is you who enrich the soul;Make the soul drunk, and give it wings!Come again, […] The post More Poems of a Spiritual Nature appeared first on All about writing ..read more

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 Australia. It had started, like many such reform movements, by […] The post Women’s Liberation in the Seventies appeared first on All about writing ..read more

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, feminist history is generally packaged as a story of “waves”. The so-called first wave lasted from the mid-19th century […] The post For International Women’s Day: appeared first on All about writing ..read more

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. It brightens up the area and makes a statement about supporting stigmatised […] The post Swimming Pools in Coogee appeared first on All about writing ..read more

My Current passion is researching mystical poetry down through the ages. 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 […] The post Spiritual Poetry Through the Ages appeared first on All about writing ..read more

W. H. Auden: Stop the Clocks Stop 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. For the complete poem, go to the following site: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/159365/twelve-songs-ix * Note the melodic iambic pentameter and internal rhyme Lord […] The post Poetry Down Through the Ages: Some favourite poets: appeared first on All about writing ..read more

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 there (Engadine Station) or a bit […] The post Yarrawarrah appeared first on Anne Skyvington ..read more

Saturday 14 October, 2023 The date will be forever etched in my mind, like that of my father’s death, two days before this date back in 1978. He was the… The post The Loss of the Voice Referendum appeared first on Anne Skyvington ..read more

The Parable of the Twins I came across this parable at the time my daughter was about to give birth to her first son and was enchanted by it. I… The post The Parable of the Twins appeared first on Anne Skyvington ..read more