Articles by Roger Chao

She came from beds where monitors sang low and death drew near, Where nurses walked in quiet shoes and grief would not appear. She wrapped the limbs, she checked the drips, she learned to read […]

Welcome to the Murray-Darling tour! Brought to you by those who thirst for more! Established: since time immemorial grace, now fading away without a trace. Conditions: dry, dusty, despair in the air, a holiday spot […]

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He drank the sun and called it tea, and slept upon a bed of tone, His breath aligned with lunar tides, his thoughts now claimed the astral zone. He’d given up on mortal needs, on […]

WELCOME, DEAR READER! IT’S TIME TO BEGIN, A TALE OF ESCAPE, WHERE HOPE GIVES IN. YOU’RE SEEKING A HOME, A PLACE SAFE AND FREE, BUT CHOICES ARE FEW, AS YOU’LL SOON COME TO SEE. TURN […]

In the town of Latchmere Vale, where cobbled paths entwine, The nights are dim, the fog is thick, the stars refuse to shine. But once a year or maybe two, a light will pierce the […]

I drove through a dust-bitten stretch of America where the billboards flicker and sag, Old campaign signs bleach under decades of sunlight, rusted through at the jag. And I saw a man in a service […]

In this hallowed land downunder, where change is underway, Lies a spark, untamed and fierce, that will not fade away. It’s a flame that feeds on anger, on the wrongs we can’t ignore, It’s a […]

Start by saying, “I don’t see colour.” Say it like it erases history, like it makes you virtuous, like the world is not divided by the exact thing you refuse to acknowledge. Say it like […]

In the tumult of a raging battle, beneath the echoing cries, Where shadows merge with fading lights, the silent truth belies. A world not split by borders, nor by rifles drawn in dread, But bound […]

In the hush of evening they arrived, five silent shapes in cloaks of night, Drifting like ghosts through the village green, casting a shadow of quiet might. Their footsteps whispered on cobblestones worn smooth by […]

In this quiet hour, I summon words, a humble man amidst shadows long, To speak of wounds not my own, to voice a plea so loud and strong. For streets that haunt with harried silence, […]

Australia, land of Altjira, of oceans wild and skies untamed, Where stories of the Jukurrpa are told in songlines proclaimed. Yet underneath this broad expanse, this dust that shrouds our past in gold, Lies history’s […]