Maroubra Nightwind
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when the biting autumnal breeze
sweeps past these craggy rocks
its howling whispers - seducing;
sparing no thought of mercy
blinking lights on distant shores
pontooned my heaving heart
across the dark brewing waters
billowy clouds float by aimlessly
nonchalant in the blank staring sky
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Winter's Passing
When your winter breaks into spring
think of new and wonderful things
while autumn creeps passed your window
break this winter free of sorrow
wait upon seasons - wait on life
live each day loving - escaping
weave each day's new strands - engaging
one day looking back - mem'ries rife.
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Out Of The Rain
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sun strikes swift on the horizon
slithering serpent slumbers no more
sweltering desert sand transforms
shapes surrender mirages, the mind supine
in our moving forward slivers shed
coming ahead surreal accomplishments
severely shallow - deafening, shrill
but together we stand united, hearts sublime
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Brewding Storm
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No one can tell (the difference is)
clear to querying mind(s) :
How is it I could not savour
the pungent heavy clouds
before the pulling of the breeze?
Further afar off, one imagines
future life daily waiting - awash
tranquil staccato whispers -
permeate my porous soul
after the pelting of the rain.
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Ode to Old Smiley
See, a smiley or a lack thereof
doth not a writer make
but dressing-up like Antoinette
doth usually win the cake
what equine sacrifice will meet
agreement for disagreeing?
for if a quill with parchment wed
shan't send the torments fleeing
pour ale, splatter ink, mine friends
send Smiley-in-trousers twirling!
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Seasons
transeasonal transitions-
moons and harvests
transcendent revolutions-
'round the light of day
resolutions each new year
summer, winter, spring or fall
cyclic orchestra, nature's call
asymmetric symmetry, pulsing breast
cosmic poetry, life-long quest
young and old, near or far
Pilgrim's Warder, guiding star.
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Come, right with me this poem
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under six feet
freshly fallen snow
washes into
splintered song
severed thought
drifts afar off
into forever old
souvenirs now cold
write with me this poem
come breathe its soul
lay each clammy hand
to right with me this poem
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Wonderful Disgrace
gasping
grasping
veinlike
whispy
appendages
tendrilling
toward the
vapour
of what once was
gaping
groping
wanlike
ventriloquating
accoutremen t
tentacling
away from
venomous
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Musing on Cave Art
Striving toward originality
results in piece meal offferings -
bright but witless understanding?
statements pondering universalities
feeding warm pulsating bossoms
idling too long, byte by byte
millennial automatons marching
logged-off but only hibernating:
underneath, aware of scratches
on rockfaces of now ancient halls.
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Hair In The Wind
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Brown in the sun
of the midday born
Silken strands
of crested corn
sparks light the sky
brilliant welder's flash
jewel in disguise
jouster's winning prize.
Jack was nimble
he was quick
but he's not taking
that candlestick.
All the queen's horses
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