Poem: why?

by Melanie Magowan
Posted on 23/03/202323/03/2023
Opinion

Why is this ‘posh’And why am I judged?Just because I don’t wearJeans, jeggings or jerseys? Why is this ‘foreign’?Why class me non kiwi,When my style or appearanceIsn’t identical to yours? Why can’t I dressHowever I […]

by Melanie Magowan
Posted on 10/03/202310/03/2023
Opinion

What experiences in life helped you grow the most? That depends what is meant by the word ‘grow’. Does it mean change and develop as a person by choice, or does it also include change […]

by Melanie Magowan
Posted on 09/03/2023
Opinion

I literally wrote the first 5 things that came into my brain. These may not be the routine run of the mill ‘fun’ activities but they are things that I do, that I enjoy. Things […]

by Melanie Magowan
Posted on 08/03/202308/03/2023
Opinion

I actually find it quite sad that there is even the need for an international women’s day, that the world is not gender equal (or even disability equal for that matter).