Cressida de Nova

Monday, 29 June 2026

memories
of elocution lessons
at school

it would be so nice
to cook a brown rice dish
in this brown kitchen
wish it were mine

nice way
to survive winter
cosy
under a big brown fur rug

memories
of my grandma's
record collection

the wide brown land
for me
not really
more than 85% of aussies
live near the coast

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/22/we-swooped-and-soared-over-our-wide-brown-land-so-vast-it-felt-like-a-dream

Pavia Italy

all things
italiano
still in my thoughts and mind
piace l'italia che
bello

Czechoslovak Room University of Pittsburgh

transfixed
by lovely paintings
in the classroom
a relaxed lecturer
nods off

blue budgies
are boy budgies
there was a time
when every home had one
before caged birds became
a no no

the blue mountains
60 kms from sydney
a different world
from blue sea blue sky
and white sand on the coast
where 85 percent of aussies reside

sometimes
if we are lucky
a rainbow appears
on our horizon
that gives us hope

in this instance
it was Mr Juarez

a teacher
at a mexican school
for children from poor families
a very special teacher
a very special person

'The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education"

Einstein
he most likely would have loved to have had a teacher like this

Assisi Italy

This is not St Francis but he is Italian and would be most welcome at my door.

Spello Umbria

lovely
our green parrot
a popular aussie
we are very lucky to have
these birds

life in
the rainforest
a dream come true for some
been there done that in my home state
nsw
a distant memory now

crackled dead dry leaves
now in our cold winter months
yet so beautiful