First kiss: poem for an unknown song
Vin Maskell Point Lonsdale, New Year’s Eve party, 1976 There must have been music. It was New Year’s Eve.
FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING by JOHNNY CASH Story by Luke R Davies
From the first time I heard Five Feet High And Rising I could relate to it, not that where we lived in the lower Blue Mountains was likely to get flooded. It just somehow touched me.
FLAME TREES by COLD CHISEL Story by Jeff Dowsing
This isn’t a song for Grafton, or Australia, it’s a song for the human condition. The sublime execution is what sets it apart.
FLAME TREES by LOREN RYAN. Poem by Michael Leach.
Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Monday 18 September 2023 A new week has dawned outside this all-but-empty house [...]
Flame Trees by Sarah Blasko
Mickey Randall Sydney Airport, January 5, 2006 I fiddle with my Walkman radio, singularly ravenous for Australian sounds.
FLOW, MY TEARS (LACRIMAE) sung by STING Story by Ria Andriani
There’s something fascinating about Sting's rough voice. It lends itself into the melancholy of Dowland’s Elizabethan music in a way that is truly unique.