Tag: Writer
I FOUGHT A WAR FOR YOU
The trumpets that break the dawn
A fanfare to the dying and unborn
Passion replaced by duty
Love replaced by fear
And the ticking of the clock
Says “Young...
THAT’S HOW IT ENDS
She died in my arms
Not a word was said
In silence we rose
And got out of our bed
Her eyes would flash
I knew them too well
Every...
THIS PRISON HAS NO BARS
From the mansions of sadness
To the bums on the street
From the highways of loneliness
To the halls of defeat
I’ve watched your ascendance
The road I never...
Hidden women of history: Elsie Masson, photographer, writer, intrepid traveller
Elsie Masson outside Government House, Darwin.
Wayne Collection, Copyright Pitt Rivers Museum.
In 1913, at the age of 23, Elsie Masson was travelling on a...