Gate
Boarding
Engines churn
Clouds pull me south
Runway lights dissolve
Brisbane fades into blue
Wing cuts through morning silence
Thoughts rehearse poems yet unread
Harbour dreams wait beyond the clouds
I land carrying verses to share
Father Chris Riley AM (1954-2025) grew up on a dairy farm in Echuca, Victoria, before answering a vocation inspired by the 1938 film, Boys’ Town. At 15, he resolved to become a priest to care for young people cast aside by society.
I have lived in Matavai since 2010 and am a survivor of a decade of so-called government consultation since Brad Hazzard first announced the Metro and the redevelopment of the Waterloo Estate.
After 18 years with the South Sydney Uniting Church (SSUC), which publishes the South Sydney Herald, March 30 marked the closure of ministry for the Rev. Andrew Collis.
