
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
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Re: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
It's those faces looking out from election posters, with their wonderful promises, that are the imaginary friends with fairy stories. 

Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
Re: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
Enid Blyton should be canonised Heather ...
We can't only blame the Pollies for the state of His "gift" Nev ...

We can't only blame the Pollies for the state of His "gift" Nev ...

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Yeah I have a cannon just right for Enid Blyton.
To me Maureen's poem has the air of despair, if there is no hope then we can only despair.

Perhaps, but they are the leaders, they are the ones with the policies, they are the lawmakers, they are the ones who tell us what is best for us, and as we found out in NSW they are the ones who sell our heritage for the proverbial bowl of stew.manfredvijars wrote:We can't only blame the Pollies for the state of His "gift" Nev ...
To me Maureen's poem has the air of despair, if there is no hope then we can only despair.
Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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Oh dear - an air of despair?
I was really just thinking a clean plate could be a good place to start if we didn't all wake up to ourselves
and we seem to be doing a good job of cleaning the plate one way and another.


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.....put there by ... ?Neville Briggs wrote:Perhaps, but they are the leaders, they are the ones with the policies, they are the lawmakers, they are the ones who tell us what is best for us.
... and are accountable to?
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Good questions Manfred. The answers are not at all clear.
except maybe in North Korea and Zimbabwe.

Neville
" Prose is description, poetry is presence " Les Murray.
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