Dog in the Road;
The dog lies in the middle of the road
indifferent as an occasional car
manoeuvres around it.
Only once, when a driver honks,
does it lift its head from its paws
before settling again on the gravel.
Is this what they have in mind
when they call it a dog’s life?
Whatever those words mean,
it’s the life I’m living, I suppose,
stuck as I am by this window,
looking out this window at a dog,
at a dog I don’t know,
and asking which one of us
will be the first one of us
to get out of the way.
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins