Category Archives: Poetry

Hump Day Poetry – Week 8 – My Son

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Michael

Today marks your 29th year of life. Who’d a thought all that time ago The scrawny underweight baby Would grow into be man you have become. Who’d a thought that day two months later When you were found black and … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #106 – We Are Worth It!

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Michael

Image: Kavan Cardoza We don’t know what tomorrow will bring But we plan to do our best. That’s what you do with One day at a time. Always we are reaching out Knowing we are there Knowing you are there. … Continue reading →

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Haibun Monday #10: Hanami

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Michael

“Come – see real blossoms of this painful world”   Basho   I’m here again this time in the spring. Last November I stood and marvelled at the brilliant autumn colours in this very spot. Now I have returned, travelled this … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #35 “Caroline” Performed by Old Crow Medicine Show – Old Lady

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Michael

  Old lady sits by an old gum tree In a wooden rocker her hubby once made In her mind she sings a song The one her mumma sang to her:     Country girl born in the scrub Country … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 7 – Fairies in My Garden

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Michael

There are fairies living in my garden I see them there each day Such wondrous sights they share with me Of fairy lights and fairy spells. I’ve come to know them one and all The Dew twins, April and May … Continue reading →

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Poetics : Poetry is for the Birds – A Pandemonium of Parrots

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Michael

Around my place Live parrots of many kinds. The pink galahs are abundant They come and feed upon The seeds in my gum tree. The Sulphur Crested cockatoos Fly majestically across my yard They feed across the way On my … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #105 – To Be the Things I Once Thought I’d Be.

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Michael

Image: Arno Rafael Minkkinen I heard you say: “I’m shutting down.” Calling it quits Going into hiding Away from the trolls And their ignorant shit. So for a time you did just that Disappeared to lick your wounds. But beneath … Continue reading →

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Prompt Night Poem – The Clarinet Choir

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Michael

The Music Master rose to his feet Announced the band would now play The assembled assembly shuffled in their seats. There was an air of dread within me, In other places this meant Five minutes, seeming a lifetime Where a … Continue reading →

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OpenLinkNight #168 – The Old Rose

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Michael

There’s a flower in my garden That reminds me of life’s beauty. It’s a black rose Unique, it’s rich colour fascinates me. It’s in bloom today And this year is forming so beautifully. It’s an old rose Rescued from my … Continue reading →

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Hump Day Poetry – Week 6 – Melt my Heart

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Michael

  Was it the room full of words I was lost within Where you first spied me Between the sonnets and the free verse When I spun a yarn of fairies Or was it one of my many tales of … Continue reading →

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