Australian writer, poet and musician Mel Irvine living between the Philippine Western Visayas and my home country. Blogging haiku poems, my writing journey and the power of giving.
our human world.
One thing I really love about Philippine culture is their commitment to hospitality and helping strangers. Here’s a recent example (about 30 minutes ago in fact). Expecting to buy drinking water from my usual small …
dinagyang parade warriors dance for maidens the tremble of drums © 2017 Melinda J. Irvine Daily Prompt: Tremble
One thing that delights me about the Philippines is it’s dedication to repurposing, recycling and reusing everything. Filipinos are the most industrious people I have yet met when it comes to knocking something useful together …
women’s “comfort” room we squat over grilled river (brown boxed “privacy”) © 2017 Melinda Irvine Daily Post: Privacy
Waiting for Jerry to finish his play-centre treat I spy the rickshaw drivers through the windows of this massive shopping centre. They work in the monsoonal rain while I drink hot coffee and photograph them. …
in the beginning i remember thinking … i will never ever board one of those dodgy carnival rides circling fiestas their steel support posts levelled out on rocks and pieces of concrete rubble. but yeh, …
your little cries loud; so loud you pull my ears too my eyes too, my heart. © 2016 Melinda Irvine
fiesta maidens; rainforest warriors; and two little princes © 2016 Melinda Irvine
Traffic. Manila. Traffic. Traffic. Stopping for … red lights optional. © 2015 Melinda Irvine
Deleting my twitter account was liberating. If you’ve been reading these blogs you’ll know I’m on a mission to delete all versions of my digital self. I was thorough, deleted every tweet, unliked, unfollowed and …
