Late
Street hums
Lights shimmer
I wait at curb
Headlights bloom ahead
Door opens, driver nods
City glides beyond the glass
Meters ticking like small heartbeats
Stories hum between strangers tonight
Home arrives softly beneath yellow lights
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.
