Gisela Sophia Nittel: 14/2
14/2
I almost managed it this year
almost forgot it was
not quite thirty years ago
we married in the Bombay Hills
and how you loved to drop the name
letting listeners think—India
how frequently you told the story
of our meeting under Halley’s comet
and married on St Valentine’s
so you wouldn’t forget the date
I wonder if you have forgotten
now
more than ten years on
and if the only woman
on your mind this day
is your latest Valentine
and if you’ve ever
stopped
mid-conversation
Gisela Sophia Nittel
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