Saturday, 7 March 2026

Category: Opinion

The teacher who saw me

Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire – William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, dramatist and writer. A

Leadership in climate action

Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It deserves to be a huge priority. – Bill Gates, co-founder of

There She Sat

BY MAYA GREEN There she sat, demurely tightA master of her morning calmSurely, her days will be brightAnd her nights, will be calm Live well,

The Accounting

BY MAYA GREEN We should readily rebukeAll the bad that we do to othersNot because they are innocent targetsBut because, we’re doing bad to ourselves

Your Son Is Fine, Mama

BY MAYA GREEN There was a life, I used to knowWhen I was happy, as can beI was then, a wee bit slowFor I was

Have The Humility, To Accept

BY MAYA GREEN Those lines in the mirror?Wear them as a batch of honourYour stripes of wisdomAcquired, and born of the years Have the humilityTo

This World of Light

BY MAYA GREEN The Earth, this great EarthIs to be trodden togetherLet’s do it in fair weatherAnd under clouded skiesIt ain’t matter Through tempestuous seasOf