Jade Pisani: Bali & Other Haiku
Bali & Other Haiku
arthritis
grateful to write
just three lines
a sheaf of corn
on the old man’s back
Mount Agung
my driver
too shy to accept a Bintang
lifting clouds
a stone bridge
on the other side of love
frangipani
an ATM
swallows my card
the skinniest cat
foggy moon
a smashed wine glass
on the lawn
half a moon
a puddle walked through
in slippers
Jade Pisani
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