Mr Curly's New Year...

I shall bless the fruits of my garden

I shall honour the stars as my friends

And I shall shine my teapot daily

pay it forward...

Better Life by Agim Sulaj
(Source: Cartoon Movement)
He is an Albanian who lives in Italy...



pay it forward
tomorrow's hopes cannot be nailed by
ignorant wires
blank minds


keep walking
even if the body fails to cross the line
will the spirit to
keep walking

The Force Awakens...

The Force Awakens by Shlomo Cohen

You do have your moments.

Not many, but you have them...

You see the new dawn on a new horizon

and know

that the time has come

to let the force

be with you

Search your feelings...

Do you sense 

The circle is now complete

The galaxy is on the verge of

a new freedom

a new justice

I see a new city

in the clouds

Laugh it up, fuzzball...

dry Africa...

Dry Africa - Tomas

- produced for the LSE Africa Summit 2015

if you look closely

you may see

a leaf or two

but no green leaf

if you look closely

the boughs

seem to hug one another

for support

and one could be broken

but

it is clear

no one 

is branching out

if you look closely

there is no sign of

bird life

no nest

it is clear

no one 

lives

just some

horse-like creature

seems prone

taking a long

long

rest

hooves

begging

in the dying sun

if you move back

and slowly focus

you see

the eerie dark bones of

Africa

calling

faintly

offering some empathy

perhaps 

to Greece

soliloquy for strange times...

the teachers may not know what they do

but I do

I'm making dreams for two

one dream for the happy me

and one for the sadder self

we'll keep each other company

these dreams

these parts of me

many words don't make sense

or hurt

these days

but dreams

thread

shape

colour

and 

walk on

all my father left me was the moon...

Michael Leunig

(today would have been my father's birthday)

and just a gentle nudge

if you want to make me happy

always

look up

autumn...

Ramses Morales Izquierdo - from Trinidad, Cuba

do our leaves fall

on fertile ground

will we 

flower

next spring

daylight savings...

Michael Leunig

(tomorrow, Daylight Savings on the eastern seaboard of Australia ends)

have a little dip in

have a little smile in

have a little dream in

the stars beyond your goal

reading...

Ramses Morales Izquierdo - from Trinidad, Cuba

beyond the cover

turn the leaves

taste the seasons

within

Cry for Freedom...

Cry for Freedom - Alex Falco Chang in Pakistan...



it's a new year

but it's an old cry for freedom


it's a new year

praying 
it's the season

to be free





Peace Starts with an Individual - Arcadio Esquivel in Costa Rica



it's a new year

let your freedom

grow

birds passing on the secrets...

Michael Leunig (1995)


sleeping baby holds the key to the universe
unwittingly


teenager holds the key
he thinks
she feels


man seeks the door
woman seeks the garden


old man and old woman
remember
some birds
beyond a door
in a garden
somewhere

remembering nelson mandela...

RIP Nelson Mandela - Marian Kamensky
Kamensky was born in Slovakia but now lives in Austria
- VJM'S Cartoon Movement


no bars
no dry earth
can deny a flower
life

how to get there...

Michael Leunig


go to the end of your path
until you get to your gate

go through your gate

and head towards

your horizon

we must make do with scraps...

POSTSCRIPT


we must make do with scraps


 flakes of sunshine in the rain

shreds of freedom in the sea breeze

crumbs of wisdom in knowledge

Dona Nobis Pacem...

peace is my drug

may it never

run short of supply

may it never

wear off

on the fence post...

Michael Leunig



the old happiness gauge
does not weather with the seasons

it has even been known to glow
in thunderstorms

let it go...

Michael Leunig


let it be
let it be
let it all be weathered

set me free
and I can be

a soul untethered

feed the inner duck...

Michael Leunig



feed the inner duck
not with promises
and luck

and in the molting season 
know the melancholic soul
is just a passing reason for
a brave new role

a herbal remedy for lifeache...

Michael Leunig



stretch out on the patch of grass
feel the touch of the breeze

embrace the sky

connection...

Connection - Marcello Rampazzo


there will come a time
when hello means

goodbye