En Passant

My next book of poetry, ‘Whose broken is this? and other poems’ will be available very soon. I go into hospital on Friday lunchtime for a femoral intramedullary nail. So in my more lucid moments after that I will post details of availability, how you can buy signed copies, price etc etc. John

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is the removalist — removing anything that might stop the Coalition retaining Government at the next election or, at least, the things that could turn the defeat into a rout.

Complete with a new leader, this Government remains in complete disarray — merely keeping the seat warm for Labor, I write in Independent Australia.

I am become a tablet A pill to kill the enemy within Out damn spot rages nightly And every day Where hope abandons hope And grows again A gain that walks better today But not so well tomorrow Tottering between pain and moving   Out damn sorrow and take with you The filth that spews […]

Three recent events reveal the racism and historical ignorance that infects our society, writes Independent Australia Canberra correspondent John Passant.

Prime Minister Morrison describes replacing sitting Prime Minister Turnbull as about ensuring the Coalition puts its “best foot forward” at the next election. Independent Australia Canberra correspondent John Passant reports.

The massive voter desertion of the Liberal Party in the previously safe seat of Wagga Wagga will take some explaining, writes Canberra correspondent John Passant in Independent Australia.

The barbed wire deepens Twisting the torn, Skin born of other things, Of fear, 0Of hate, Abuse mailed in bullets, While geese step their way Round the bodies Of our living, and their dead   The night darkens day, Infiltrates the future Where spies gather us For their uses Sluices on the waterway Of life […]

Scott Morrison’s timidity and inaction have been driven by the irreconcilable differences between the moderates and conservatives within the Government and the rejection of the Coalition’s brand of neoliberalism by many workers and others.

In all the excitement about the contract for my second book of poetry arriving recently, I forgot to mention that you can still buy signed copies of my first book, Songs for the Band Unformed. Here is a link to do that through Independent Australia.