tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3210208353734918046.post1715048990204724551..comments2023-08-16T20:40:58.441+10:00Comments on Home Schooling Aspergers.: Droughts and Flooding Rains: Home School Australian Drought ReliefMegan Baylisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04549696888232735259noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3210208353734918046.post-63768292210342676422007-03-28T10:35:00.000+10:002007-03-28T10:35:00.000+10:00Great lesson. I was watching a news program not t...Great lesson. I was watching a news program not too long ago about the droughts in Australia. My husband and I made a donation right after watching the program. <BR/><BR/>Here via the carnival of family life.Lisa @ Let's Talk Babieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146729138247201527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3210208353734918046.post-42061303519911105042007-03-18T13:12:00.000+10:002007-03-18T13:12:00.000+10:00Megan, Thanks so much for the kind word...Megan,<BR/> Thanks so much for the kind words, the poem has certainly struck a chord with a lot of people.<BR/>Good to know also that it has younger minds thinking as well.<BR/>Will have a CD out soon so stay in touch<BR/> <BR/>Cheers<BR/> <BR/>muzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3210208353734918046.post-32800337208162705422007-03-16T15:36:00.000+10:002007-03-16T15:36:00.000+10:00Thank you Megan,I'm glad you think it can be usefu...Thank you Megan,<BR/>I'm glad you think it can be useful to others.<BR/><BR/>I have a lot of my poetry on my site, but many more that I've not had time to put up. There a quite a few with Australian subject matter. If you check out the left hand menu, you'll find a link to my poems.<BR/><BR/>I must warn you that some of my work has an 'adult' theme...but that's only because I am one.<BR/><BR/>Vickie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3210208353734918046.post-69500906896361216732007-03-16T13:12:00.000+10:002007-03-16T13:12:00.000+10:00Vickie I love your poem and I am privileged to be ...Vickie I love your poem and I am privileged to be able to share it with other readers.<BR/><BR/>It's a lovely way to create further social understanding between home schoolers in different countries. Whereas most people know of Kangaroos and Koalas not everyone knows of the dreadful droughts that cripple many of our farmers and us non-farmers.<BR/><BR/>Is your poetry all on your site for others to read?Megan Baylisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549696888232735259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3210208353734918046.post-75358976221092964052007-03-16T12:09:00.000+10:002007-03-16T12:09:00.000+10:00Hi Megan!I really liked Murray Hartins poem, it co...Hi Megan!<BR/>I really liked Murray Hartins poem, it conveys the true tragedy of our farmers but also gives a message of hope.<BR/><BR/>Here's the poem you asked me to post... a different slant on the same subject.<BR/><BR/>No Rain Again.<BR/><BR/>A chandelier of stars adorns my sky tonight.<BR/>So clear and bright, there is no need for moon.<BR/>Yet I would rather see the clouds rain liquid diamonds,<BR/>making glorious mud beneath my dusty boots.<BR/><BR/>Hot winds sear the land and parch the soil -<BR/>temperatures still soar and tree sap boils,<BR/>making River Gums, with parchment leaves, <BR/>explode like New Year pyrotechnics.<BR/>The fires rage across the land and still no respite<BR/>from the heat and still no rain.<BR/><BR/>Smoke blankets bush and city both alike -<BR/>no place is safe, no place to hide .<BR/>Ash colours all creatures, equal in their grief<BR/>for this, our maimed and suffering land.<BR/><BR/>Vickie Farquhar ã January 2007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com