Caroline Williamson
@caromw.bsky.social
Poet, political tragic, keyboard warrior. Melbourne Australia. PhD from Monash University: 'The coalfield and the apocalypse: poetry and the politics of time'. My collection Time Machines published by Vagabond Press, Sydney. Balcony garden.
And ICE agents don't wear ID, right? That should be basic. A number.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
And ICE agents don't wear ID, right? That should be basic. A number.
Sounds like pre-migraine. I get this. Sometimes flashing corona with a blind spot in the middle. Mine is mild - my father and grandfather had it worse.
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sounds like pre-migraine. I get this. Sometimes flashing corona with a blind spot in the middle. Mine is mild - my father and grandfather had it worse.
So I'm thinking of switching to soil, one vertical pocket at a time. This time of year, going into Australian summer, with the balcony mostly in shade, I'll plant shade-tolerant veggies and herbs. Parsley, coriander, lettuce, mint. Maybe some very tiny alpine strawberry seedlings.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
So I'm thinking of switching to soil, one vertical pocket at a time. This time of year, going into Australian summer, with the balcony mostly in shade, I'll plant shade-tolerant veggies and herbs. Parsley, coriander, lettuce, mint. Maybe some very tiny alpine strawberry seedlings.
Bravery in action.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Bravery in action.
OMG Robyn, you post that something's hard and I derail my entire morning to have a go. squareword.org 1394: 7 guesses
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Squareword
A two-dimensional word game
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I kept X so I can go back and maybe make a little bit of trouble there sometimes. And I opened it up just now, and the first two posts are from the amazing Carole Cadwalladr and Tracy Westerman. So not just Nazis.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I kept X so I can go back and maybe make a little bit of trouble there sometimes. And I opened it up just now, and the first two posts are from the amazing Carole Cadwalladr and Tracy Westerman. So not just Nazis.
Thirdle - Daily Word Game
Thirdle is a fun daily crossword game. Can you solve todays puzzle?
thirdle.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
But one of these days you are going to write a book and it is going to sell MILLIONS.
October 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
But one of these days you are going to write a book and it is going to sell MILLIONS.
Dorothea refused to marry Will Ladislaw because she'd had enough of all that crap. But she got back to improving local housing and education, and she opened her house to Will's political and arty friends from London, and her hospitality became legendary. And the will said nothing about lovers.
October 13, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Dorothea refused to marry Will Ladislaw because she'd had enough of all that crap. But she got back to improving local housing and education, and she opened her house to Will's political and arty friends from London, and her hospitality became legendary. And the will said nothing about lovers.
You could rewrite the end of Middlemarch.
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
You could rewrite the end of Middlemarch.
As an occasional amateur dress/shirt maker, I would like to point out that these speeds are lightning fast. Shirts are complicated, best left to the professionals. See also pre-sewing-machine sweatshops in The Song of the Shirt. poets.org/poem/song-sh...
Song of the Shirt
With fingers weary and worn
poets.org
October 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
As an occasional amateur dress/shirt maker, I would like to point out that these speeds are lightning fast. Shirts are complicated, best left to the professionals. See also pre-sewing-machine sweatshops in The Song of the Shirt. poets.org/poem/song-sh...
You might want to check out Nightingale Housing in Australia and then start a social movement. www.nightingalehousing.org
Nightingale Housing — Homes built for people, not profit.
Nightingale Housing is a not-for-profit organisation building apartments that are socially, financially and environmentally sustainable. We believe that homes should be built for people, not profit.
www.nightingalehousing.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
You might want to check out Nightingale Housing in Australia and then start a social movement. www.nightingalehousing.org
I doubt it. More likely just the terror of taking a stand against the mining lobby.
September 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I doubt it. More likely just the terror of taking a stand against the mining lobby.
Woodside threw a hissy fit and Murray Watt blinked.
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Woodside threw a hissy fit and Murray Watt blinked.
My first book of poems, published two years ago when I was 73. Though I've been writing the stuff for most of my life. vagabondpress.net/collections/...
Caroline Williamson, Time Machines
Highly Commended in the 2023 5Islands Poetry Prize for a First Book of Poetry Time Machines is the debut collection of poetry from Australian poet Caroline Williamson. At once acerbic and generously h...
vagabondpress.net
September 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My first book of poems, published two years ago when I was 73. Though I've been writing the stuff for most of my life. vagabondpress.net/collections/...
Parkinsons? And maybe a brace of some kind to conceal the tremor?
September 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Parkinsons? And maybe a brace of some kind to conceal the tremor?
BTW I don't remember whose post I was responding to or even what it was to do with - Gavin Newsom's worst moments? - but they have now blocked me, which sadly proves my point.
August 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
BTW I don't remember whose post I was responding to or even what it was to do with - Gavin Newsom's worst moments? - but they have now blocked me, which sadly proves my point.
Awesome. Vintage. Never let it go.
August 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Awesome. Vintage. Never let it go.
Love the Nazgul Tesla. Does that belong to Peter Thiel?
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Love the Nazgul Tesla. Does that belong to Peter Thiel?
It's called polarisation and not listening to the tiny grain of sense in your opponent's otherwise disgusting views, and that is partly how we got into this mess. Also: is it all right to laugh at the excellent Newsom press releases even if you disagree with his views overall?
August 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It's called polarisation and not listening to the tiny grain of sense in your opponent's otherwise disgusting views, and that is partly how we got into this mess. Also: is it all right to laugh at the excellent Newsom press releases even if you disagree with his views overall?
RFK isn't looking too healthy himself.
August 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
RFK isn't looking too healthy himself.
At least the damages were not astronomical. Brittany should be able to pay them and get on with her life if that's what she wants. But that woman has put a target (metaphorically speaking) on her own back for the rest of her life.
August 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
At least the damages were not astronomical. Brittany should be able to pay them and get on with her life if that's what she wants. But that woman has put a target (metaphorically speaking) on her own back for the rest of her life.