All of my poems written between October 1972 and December 1974 were written either during my travels with my two best friends, Clive and Tony, whilst I was sick with Hepatitus or during the journey in 1974 with my girlfriend, now wife, Angie.
With Tony and Clive I travelled overland from Morocco to Egypt, up the White Nile to Juba in South Sudan and on to Nairobi in Kenya where I worked until I got sick. I began writing poetry during that journey and most of those poems I have categorised as naive.
Angie and I flew to Nairobi. We travelled around Kenya and then by boat to Pakistan. We crossed into India from Lahore to Amritsar. From Delhi we travelled by bus to Kathmandu and by plane to Bangkok. We ended up in Singapore where our journey abruptly ended as Australia would not allow us both long term visas.
1. Naive Poems (show)(hide)
The One Eyed Mongoose
Somewhere in the northern Sahara our VW bus finally broke down. After...
North Africa
Africa is a fabulous continent and North Africa is an excellent place if you wish to become inspired to write poetry...
Desert Song
I must have written this poem sitting on the roadside for hours in the desert, after our bus broke down...
The One Eyed Mongoose – part 2
If I remember correctly the desert, at the location where the bus broke down, was...
Lonely Star
When you drive through a cloudless night in the Sahara you wonder how big the Universe is...
When Times Run Out
My memories of this day in 1972 are quite positive. From a bad situation, potentially dangerous...
A Poem that Mox
Also written on the day our VW bus broke down in the desert. I wonder why I wrote this. Where was my mind...
A Night To Remember
After the "War of Attrition (1969-1970)" between Israel and Egypt the border from Lybia to Egypt was...
The Caged World
We were somewhere on the Mediterranean as I wrote this poem. Closer to...
2. Poems: Capitalism/Corruption (show)(hide)
3. Poems: the Environment (show)(hide)
4. Poems: Humour/Sarcasm (show)(hide)
The One Eyed Mongoose
Somewhere in the northern Sahara our VW bus finally broke down. After...
The One Eyed Mongoose – part 2
If I remember correctly the desert, at the location where the bus broke down, was...
When Times Run Out
My memories of this day in 1972 are quite positive. From a bad situation, potentially dangerous...
A Poem that Mox
Also written on the day our VW bus broke down in the desert. I wonder why I wrote this. Where was my mind...
5. Poems: Nature & Places (show)(hide)
The One Eyed Mongoose
Somewhere in the northern Sahara our VW bus finally broke down. After...
The One Eyed Mongoose – part 2
If I remember correctly the desert, at the location where the bus broke down, was...
Lonely Star
When you drive through a cloudless night in the Sahara you wonder how big the Universe is...
A Night To Remember
After the "War of Attrition (1969-1970)" between Israel and Egypt the border from Lybia to Egypt was...