SHORT STORIES

23 December 2024

One Starry Night

She couldn’t gauge his mood from the set of his shoulders. He hadn’t said much since it happened. The quiet seriousness of his demeanour when he […]

Ideas, hopes, dreams. I write, I paint, I love the bush and walking on the beach.

Glenda Warburton
Author – Freelance Writer – Artist

POEMS

4 February 2020

There is one

When I am alone Drowning in sadness The music of unrequited love Throbbing through my mind There is One whose arms fold gently around When fear […]
13 October 2016

The Morning Wind

The Morning Wind   An errant breeze ruffled curtains A glimpse of indigo sky The morning star proudly incandescent   There’s a whispering in the cane […]
28 January 2015

Loss

I feel the grain of the wood Its rich red magnificence And I mourn anew the death of the tree That gave life to my world. […]

MY THOUGHTS

2 August 2025

Always the Children – Why?

I can’t see it, I can’t hear it, but it’s there, ominously grunting with each thrust against the innocence of the child who can’t fight back, […]
1 August 2025

The Jaded Rainbow Dream

“Education was viewed as a part of the overall apartheid system including ‘homelands’, urban restrictions, pass laws and job reservation. This role was one of labourer, […]
24 July 2025

Now is Too Late

The video looped on and on. I couldn’t stop watching. I couldn’t react. A shattered street littered with bricks and debris, no discernible buildings, no adults, […]