tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23628405879398483062024-03-13T11:45:27.812+11:00CARTOON SONGLINESGemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-4321872204922405482017-01-01T10:24:00.000+11:002017-01-01T10:24:41.848+11:00Mr Curly's New Year...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">And I shall shine my teapot daily</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-82446498688992305642016-07-17T21:21:00.000+10:002016-07-17T21:35:34.639+10:00pay it forward...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>Better Life</i> by <a href="http://www.cartoongallery.eu/englishversion/gallery/albania/agim-sulaj/">Agim Sulaj</a><br />
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He is an Albanian who lives in Italy...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">pay it forward</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">tomorrow's hopes cannot be nailed by</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">ignorant wires</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">even if the body fails to cross the line</span></b><br />
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Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-39955541922686858102015-12-22T18:16:00.002+11:002015-12-22T18:29:35.093+11:00The Force Awakens...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-18317165738416875402015-07-01T16:07:00.002+10:002015-12-22T18:23:50.729+11:00dry Africa...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/20494">Dry Africa</a> - Tomas</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">if you look closely</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">if you look closely</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and one could be broken</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">in the dying sun</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and slowly focus</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">the eerie dark bones of</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">faintly</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">offering some empathy</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">perhaps </span></b></div>
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<br />Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-84375675485818808822015-05-03T04:30:00.000+10:002015-05-03T04:30:01.018+10:00soliloquy for strange times...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">one dream for the happy me</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and one for the sadder self</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">we'll keep each other company</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">these parts of me</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">or hurt</span></b></div>
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<br />Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-10619385976359312222015-05-02T01:33:00.000+10:002015-05-02T01:33:00.523+10:00all my father left me was the moon...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and just a gentle nudge</span></b></div>
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Ramses Morales Izquierdo - from Trinidad, Cuba</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>do our leaves fall</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>on fertile ground</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>will we </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>flower</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>next spring</b></span></div>
<br />Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-18360666517330673552015-04-04T19:05:00.000+11:002015-04-04T19:08:51.749+11:00daylight savings...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Michael Leunig</div>
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(tomorrow, Daylight Savings on the eastern seaboard of Australia ends)</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">have a little dip in</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">have a little smile in</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">have a little dream in</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">the stars beyond your goal</span></b></div>
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<br />Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-81879919479209762992015-03-29T17:38:00.001+11:002015-03-29T17:46:13.131+11:00reading...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ramses Morales Izquierdo - from Trinidad, Cuba</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">beyond the cover</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">turn the leaves</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">taste the seasons</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">within</span></b></div>
<br />Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-82878564553880943152015-01-01T00:04:00.000+11:002015-01-01T07:50:14.268+11:00Cry for Freedom...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Cry for Freedom" src="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/depot/cartoons/2014/12/jrpQ8BrmTWqAlBToJYhweA.jpeg" /><br />
<a href="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/17541">Cry for Freedom</a> - Alex Falco Chang in Pakistan...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">it's a new year</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">but it's an old cry for freedom</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">it's a new year</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">praying </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">it's the season</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">to be free</span></b><br />
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<img alt="Peace Starts With an Individual" src="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/depot/cartoons/2014/11/ZdXN6jkgSMaBYHQxvpTHog.jpeg" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/15268">Peace Starts with an Individual</a> - <a href="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/p/2137">Arcadio Esquivel</a> in Costa Rica<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">it's a new year</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">let your freedom</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">grow</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-22233918729539238742014-12-25T00:04:00.000+11:002014-12-25T07:01:37.937+11:00birds passing on the secrets...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<img alt="Birds passing on the secrets of the universe to sleeping baby. Michael Leunig" src="http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/7f/81/c7/7f81c73f47c40dab9b1cfe28de9961f5.jpg" /><br />
Michael Leunig (1995)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">sleeping baby holds the key to the universe</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">unwittingly</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">teenager holds the key</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">he thinks</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">she feels</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">man seeks the door</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">woman seeks the garden</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">old man and old woman</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">remember</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">some birds</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">beyond a door</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">in a garden</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">somewhere</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-35390226639663646122014-12-05T01:06:00.000+11:002014-12-05T01:06:00.075+11:00remembering nelson mandela...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="RIP Nelson Mandela" src="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/depot/cartoons/2013/12/w_PykxY6SYuNG-qa-NeJzw.jpeg" /><br />
RIP Nelson Mandela - Marian Kamensky <br />
Kamensky was born in Slovakia but now lives in Austria<br />
- <a href="http://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/12602">VJM'S Cartoon Movement</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">no bars</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">no dry earth</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">can deny a flower</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">life</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-73622596807341466212014-12-01T00:04:00.000+11:002014-12-01T00:04:00.138+11:00how to get there...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">go to the end of your path</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">until you get to your gate</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">go through your gate</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">and head towards</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">your horizon</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-6525447308670627962014-11-16T08:30:00.001+11:002014-11-16T08:30:11.042+11:00we must make do with scraps...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">POSTSCRIPT</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">we must make do with scraps</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"> flakes of sunshine in the rain</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">shreds of freedom in the sea breeze</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">crumbs of wisdom in knowledge</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-36650089765566293442014-11-04T12:06:00.000+11:002014-11-16T08:23:27.969+11:00Dona Nobis Pacem...<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">peace is my drug</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">may it never</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">run short of supply</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">may it never</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">wear off</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-67136683855164359632014-11-01T00:04:00.000+11:002014-11-01T00:04:00.316+11:00on the fence post...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">the old happiness gauge</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">does not weather with the seasons</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">it has even been known to glow</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">in thunderstorms</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-74178197799268697392014-10-01T00:04:00.000+10:002015-03-29T23:45:56.130+11:00let it go...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">let it be</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">let it be</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">let it all be weathered</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">set me free</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>and I can be</b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><b>a soul untethered</b></span></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-69190434771702115952014-09-01T00:04:00.000+10:002014-09-01T00:04:00.221+10:00feed the inner duck...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Michael Leunig - Inner Duck" src="http://hunterg1.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/leunig_inner-duckf.jpg?w=625&h=442" /><br />
Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">feed the inner duck</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">not with promises</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">and luck</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">and in the molting season </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">know the melancholic soul</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">is just a passing reason for</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">a brave new role</span></b><br />
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Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-32386818683201503862014-08-01T00:04:00.000+10:002014-08-01T00:04:00.679+10:00a herbal remedy for lifeache...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://tarotinateacup.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/m-leunig-lifeache.jpg" /><br />
Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">stretch out on the patch of grass</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">feel the touch of the breeze</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">embrace the sky</span></b><br />
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Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-71604613463431449942014-07-15T00:04:00.000+10:002014-07-15T00:04:00.186+10:00connection...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Cartoon: conection (medium) by Marcelo Rampazzo tagged conection,insel,gestrandet,einsamkeit,leben,tod,sterben,verhungern,schiffsbruch,computer,technik,technologie,fortschritt,entwicklung,handy,kommunikation,informationsgesellschaft,urlaub" src="http://www.toonpool.com/user/328/files/conection_457305.jpg" /><br />
<a href="http://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/conection_45730"><i>Connection</i> - Marcello Rampazzo</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">there will come a time</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">when hello means</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">goodbye</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-54729739937008097732014-07-01T00:04:00.000+10:002014-07-01T00:04:00.423+10:00what are you doing...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://tarotinateacup.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/leunig.jpg" /><br />
Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">what are you thinking</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I'm thinking that my sky is</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>so much bigger than me</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">what are you feeling</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I'm feeling that my sky </i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>keeps me safe</i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and loves me</i></span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-42175930594374945732014-06-15T00:04:00.000+10:002014-06-15T00:04:00.572+10:00Money and Power<div style="text-align: center;">
<img alt="Cartoon: money and power (medium) by Medi Belortaja tagged politicians,corruption,capitalism,capital,democracy,chair,power,money" src="http://www.toonpool.com/user/707/files/money_and_power_1993405.jpg" /><br />
<a href="http://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/money%20and%20power_199340">Money and Power - Medi Belortaja</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">for one to be rich</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">another needs to be poor</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">that is the nature of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">the fickle</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">social</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">balance</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-52765797560912882442014-06-01T00:04:00.000+10:002014-06-01T00:04:00.035+10:00mr curly comes home...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1476067_459362567506431_1295324115_n.jpg" /><br />
Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">there was a curly man and he rode a curly bike</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">he found some curly land on one curly hike</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">he wed a curly wife who helped him not to roam</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">and they all lived together in a little curly home</span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-24015033622700282422014-05-01T00:04:00.000+10:002014-05-01T00:04:00.598+10:00the autumn circle of magpies and ducks...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/1466190_467619813347373_976184401_n.jpg" /><br />
Michael Leunig<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">may the circle of</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">duck beats and</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">magpie song be</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">unbroken </span></b></div>
Gemma Wisemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2362840587939848306.post-78253100280653661472014-04-02T05:02:00.000+11:002014-07-01T07:17:03.121+10:00the deficit...<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/1911874_235986296587597_1427609786_n.jpg" /><br />
Michael Leunig<br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">that's his rock</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">his tree</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">his flower</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">that's his thread</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">his song</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b>
<b><span style="font-size: large;">his star</span></b><br />
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