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You first choose your subject and then you should give it a go
Making sure all your accents fall right on strong syllables so23 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 5 10:50 PM 2004. In Humor, Contemporary -
We marvel at works of man and God alone
and yet how few of His Great Ways are known -
In wintertime the distant hills stand proud
Now cloaked in sunlit snow all gistening white -
A sailor's life is weary, hard and rough
and Island paradise is Heav'n enough. -
These are the trials of a sailing seaman's life.
Scant rest and far from sweetheart, home or wife. -
Ay! There's no other life for such as me.
A seadog never can landlubber be. -
Escape I cannot, though I travel far.
Oh! That I could discover who you are! -
The stuff of happiness cannot be bought.
True happiness is more a way of life. -
And so, in Autumn now, I value more
each day, each hour and what it holds in store. -
While nights, nor pleas, nor magic tales, nor beauty can compel,
Religions which, while preaching peace, create an earthly Hell. -
And when at last someone engraves my stone
will I face Death's long highway all alone? -
Not wealth nor power will blessings, happiness or comfort bring;
Relaxed, with love and beauty, I have more than any king. -
Leave me my dreams and let my musings be
Far from this world of cruel reality! -
You may consider that my hopes are way beyond the norm
But they’re my guiding rays of light amid the gath’ring storm. -
I've just looked through your favourites' list
and I am quite amazed!! -
For all the skills and labours we would save
Fate buries deep in Death's unyielding grave. -
If you, with care, observe that “your time” never lingers
ensure that none slips, slyly, through your fingers.25 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 11 10:49 PM 2004. In Spiritual
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And when our days are counted, as we know they’ll surely be,
God grant us final sleep, in peace, throughout eternity. -
Though I have travelled far afield and many places seen,
Few rival the tranquillity of willowed banks so green. -
Use common, work-day English to ensure
Your message isn’t senselessly obscure. -
May we, as kindly critics, ever seek
To aid and foster others - and stay meek! -
I think I'll slash my wrists just for a lark
or mutilate myself (that's always fun); -
Do those who judge them good have better sense
that tell us we “don’t understand” - or are we dense? -
Do justly, love with mercy, live with grace,
walk humbly then, before your own god’s face. -
May all the noise and stress of nowadays
never invade this haven where we laze. -
These sounds has Mother Nature made for me;
I know no equal man-made melody. -
Whether of Nature or manmade, these scents,
invoke my memories and stir my sense. -
Mere spirit now, a lonely grieving wraith,
sad to recall her priestess-ship long past. -
The path of life has many wayward turnings
With crossroads, sideroads, forks and tracks to choose. -
Thus, peaceful people when invaded, turn themselves to war
and to the victors go the spoils – the slain are there no more.53 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 2 9:47 PM 2005. In Other
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So these early white man contacts brought mixed blessings in their wake:
new materials, new weapons, new afflictions quick to take. -
It is sad those early missionaries quarrelled with each other
and did not practice what they preached “love each man as a brother". -
….and still today the Treaty is a source of great dispute,
its three brief paragraphs are, of much argument, the root. -
More perfect sonnets would be hard to find.
All crafted carefully with fine precision. -
In both islands, North and South, there thus came soon a steady stream
of arrivals and their future was assured, it now would seem. -
In 1865 Peace Treaties ended all affray
And 1871 the last regiment sailed away. -
Darkest the Dawn before my execution.
The fearful mind, the faltering resolution. -
The valuable Kauri gum, another rich resource,
when added to the gold, brought fortune-seekers here in force. -
Prisoners, taken to Dunedin, were eventually set free
(Parihaka’s one example of the white man’s infamy.) -
After all the struggles and injustice both sides had to weather,
Can we now forgive, perhaps forget, and live in peace together? -
spring tide fast surges
where nature’s flotsam purges -
Where do the fleeting recollections go?
Let not my age make me forgetful so. -
The mana of a man (his prestige) rates supremely high.
An insult would result in utu (an eye for an eye!) -
Let who is without sin first cast the stone
For truly, free of sin is Christ alone. -
Dear Lord, Gregg’s reached his fifth and fortieth year.
Please stretch Thine Arm to him and grant our prayer? -
To write good sonnets is, indeed, a test.
If you can master them, you’re with the best. -
Who were they that inspired wise men, to say
of them, “All we, like sheep have gone astray”. -
Silent sorrow, disappear!
Banks are wanted willow-bare. -
Pain makes some folk short-tempered, selfish, rude;
others endure it with great fortitude. -
These MARY’s are but few of those who fix
in memory – and now there’s MARY6! -
Man overestimates his tiny station
nor comprehends Almighty God’s Creation. -
GOD’s Gifts (to AP.)
When God was allocating souls in line -
So join our celebrations. Come Hugh's favourites, everyone
and let our Castle Capers beget neverending fun! -
we should surely ourselves, while we can,
show forgiveness to our fellow man. -
Oh! Hapless Death! Begone from my domain
Or willt thou take this bridegroom’s life again? -
Whatever you’d prefer to do, this day is really yours -
a day when you, for once, escape from all poetic bores! -
My erstwhile Goddess and my Muse now seem
mere fantasy – at best, a foolish dream. -
Thus may my words be not unkind
nor show the failings of my mind. -
Though my favourites may differ in their ends,
I love them all and hope we stay good friends. -
May we, whose liberties and freedoms stem
from their bequest, always remember them. -
As I think of you, the old playgrounds at school I clearly see
and I wonder if you’re still alive and ever think of me? -
Autumnal shadows slant across the street,
dappling the leaf-lit, grass-green riverbank -
There are two among my favourites I regard as “Sonnet Queens”;
every sonnet that they write is pure perfection. -
Though I’ve persevered and practiced on and off throughout the years,
I just do not have ability nor talent such as hers. -
I wonder that those unique gifts, which God Almighty gave,
He should take from such a genius granting but an early grave. -
Of all great compositions, Wagner’s “Ring” is far the greatest;41 lines, 17 comments, on Jun 14 2:59 PM 2005. In Other
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When I am gone then shall you think on me,
perchance to read this verse I write today -
Now, almost everybody’s nature has another side
which, even to our closest friends, we’re careful to conceal -
For kissing, just like painting, is a cultivated art
requiring mouth to mouth resuscitation, lips apart.25 lines, 19 comments, on Jul 14 5:15 AM 2005. In Humor
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Run the good race that, when your race is run,
The Lord may say of you: “Well done, my son.” -
Whatever future fate befalls you, Del,
we wish you all the best, with fond farewell. -
This year our paths are overgrown with moss;
concrete and brick are covered in bright green.20 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 27 2:58 AM 2005. In Humor
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Till mountains fall and seas run dry
I’ll love thee ever, till I die.22 lines, 22 comments, on Aug 3 5:37 AM 2005. In Love
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Of trees that once grew tall ‘ere we were born,
the Heathcote’s riverbank has now been shorn. -
Free Verse may not match, in beauty, well-rhymed, metered poetry,
but each poet to his inspiration must stay true and free. -
Mother of Tess and haiku mistress (PLEASE! NO CAPS ALLOWED!!)
And her poi-poise is improving (as I always knew it would). -
I am proud to claim that, foremost amongst those,
is my gifted, darling daughter MARI GOES. -
Oh Hypnos! If thyself thy charms would keep,
pray, grant enlightenment in place of sleep!23 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 6 4:21 PM 2005. In Other
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This morning dawned, though cloudy, clear and fair;
I hastened to my wonted pond-side seat, -
Though English, Milton felt he could afford
to pen his sonnets in Italian strain.19 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 13 10:36 PM 2005. In Other
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No more feeling like a VIP with passage fully paid,
but a terrorist or trafficker who needs to be waylaid. -
On my licence there’s a photo which is, frankly, not like me,
being issued many years ago when I was young and spree. -
I have a birth Certificate that’s neither worn or torn
I keep it safe in case I have to prove that I was born. -
But God Himself alone is without end.
Del Warren Livingston has passed away. -
On my accustomed daily walk
along the Heathcote riverside -
I went again today to check upon my ducklings,
now there are twelve of the original thirteen. -
All these and other sayings she would chatter
there was no limit to her wealth of matter. -
When angels come to visit from above,
I, and my garden, both respond with love. -
God works in most mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.
Who cannot see is prone to doubt, for that is human norm. -
Joan loved my ducklings, garden and great weather
but our greatest joy was just to be together. -
“Come! Kiss me love, for time is flying fast.
T’will soon be dawn and I must fare away." -
Ah! Happy is the mother's lot
who loves the children she has got! -
Lord, to my friends, give happiness and health.
I ask, for them, not circumstance nor wealth -
O n this occasion, Margaret, I’d like to say:
N o-one’s more deserving of a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! -
What use our own unfavoured lack of health or fortune selfishly to curse
when there are many thousands whose cruel fate and lowly circumstance is worse? -
The silence of the years will not unwind
or fill the loss of friends we left behind. -
the Nippon empire, four years later, met apocalypse.
Unconditional surrender followed lost ascendancy. -
males invariably lust
for women with a well-developed bust! -
The isle of Sicily is situated
beneath the toe of ancient Italy,20 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 17 12:53 AM 2005. In Other
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Five million people live in sunny clime,
with a unique culture wholly integrated.20 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 18 12:12 PM 2005. In Other
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Ring on, wild bell, thy mournful, single tone;
tomorrow was to be our wedding day. -
‘Tis Christmastime, the Season of good cheer
when hearts are gay and folks feel young and brave -
Though verse, when rhymed I do confess, may preferable be,
to write as heart and Muse enjoin thou always must feel free.23 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 31 3:41 PM 2005. In Other
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This is the shrine of Masterworks, les ouvres
of artists now defunct; long dead and gone. -
I don’t know what the fuss made of her portrait is about
for I seriously think it calls his judgement into doubt. -
Sonnet in Terza Rima style in iambic heptameter with
each Triplet and the couplet in monorhyme. -
Now here’s a real masterpiece that no one can deny.
When you’re strolling through the Louvre, this one hits you in the eye -
Another Sonnetto coppiato in iambic heptameter
with rhyming couplets. -
This unknown painter didn’t even sign his name
and, while it’s quite a good portrayal of a back.... -
The picture shows the Cour de Marbre frontage to Versailles
which we never saw - with far too many tourists in the way! -
The moral of my story is: Don’t visit, without reason,
Versailles, the Louvre or Paris at the height of Summer Season!! -
I'd best list my amended Mona portrait as "adult"
but, all things considered, I’m quite satisfied with the result! -
Young David was a sturdy lad; that is not hard to see
for he’s not got a stitch to hide his masculinity. -
The first French colonists who died in 1842
were buried up on L’Aube Hill above the little town -
There was a time when I had many friends
who regularly criticised my writing, -
In grief, but thanks for each, we will remember
how flame became a never-dying ember. -
I think that now, herein, I have achieved my object
to write a sonnet without any proper subject. -
If, for this exercise, I thus depict her,
nevertheless I will not contradict her. -
Give me days of merriment and laughter -
I’ll not fret, whatever may come after. -
Seasons, like birds, come and go with routine regularity
Summer returns, after Spring, as a time for hilarity.22 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 8 11:05 AM 2006. In Nature
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If GOLD denotes a champion, (the winner who came *first*,)
how can it, justly, be bestowed upon *fourth* best (or worst)? -
Though I’m sorry we’re apart, I’m glad to know you’re free from pain
and I never will forget you but will see you soon again. -
Gratias Tibi Deus.
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Why write a poem at all if it’s so bad
that, having posted it, you must conceal? -
I wonder why they haven’t joined their children, as they should
but I’m happy that they’ve found this place of refuge here for good. -
Why do many youngsters so ignore the blessings of this life,
concentrating on the darker side with which this world is rife?41 lines, 12 comments, on May 26 2:35 AM 2006. In Other
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In direct inverse proportion to the talent of the writer
the good accept sincere advice, the bad you must treat lighter. -
By all means show appreciation when it’s justly due
but be careful not to show that you’re an ignoramus too! -
Two souls, entwined in infinite embrace,
infused by blaze of spiritual fire -
What sort of men are we who wreak such vengeance cruel and wild
on others in the name of GOD – the more so to a child? -
Their books lie dusty on the shelves, their covers mouldering green,
their unread pages yellowed through neglect.22 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 15 2:09 PM 2006. In Other
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Each one of us is like a book, inscribed through many stages;
each hour, each week, each month, each year is written in its pages.21 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 16 4:57 PM 2006. In Other
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My best friends are the books that I’ve collected my life through
which live within my library and greet me every day. -
They say you cannot judge a book by the way its cover looks.
Well, boobs are much the same. It’s safer far to stick with books. -
nor yet forget, while still we nod, the lessons learned by rule and rod.
For these and for the native sod that nurtured us, we thank our God. -
It’s hard for mums and dads who lose their tots or teens
or older through infirmity passed down through genes. -
Sunday last was Fathers’ Day. In every year,
like Christmas, it brings floods of memories profound. -
Beside the pond he stands alone
to guard his nesting wife. -
It seems, to me, that threes, fours, fives or sevens,
are better metres than the higher evens.18 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 23 3:24 PM 2006. In Other
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The flames of vestal ardour and desire
rise from the ashes of your funeral pyre.19 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 25 5:12 PM 2006. In Other
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Immortal of immortals! None can reach
The enduring heights, which thou alone dost teach.21 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 28 7:35 PM 2006. In Other
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I pay tribute hereby to Rufina Caraid
who runs Friends and Old Poetry site, -
The Italian sonnet form thou didst translate
to English language without foreign taint,19 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 7 2:50 PM 2006. In Other
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With faith in the Almighty never shaken,
by Church or Civil warring undeterred,21 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 10 3:10 PM 2006. In Other
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The sun started shining, the day was a treat,
which is natural when three AP poets meet. -
in carefully curbing the time that I use
my priority’s always my personal Muse. -
26 lines, 13 comments, on Oct 23 4:47 PM 2006. In Spiritual
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I well remember Petworth Park; we often used to stroll
along the tree-lined pathways winding through the sloping lawns. -
"Rest easily and sleep in peace my brothers.
Your job is done, the line you left has held, -
So, moving ‘mongst your graves with solemn tread,
we say farewell and thanks, with unbowed head. -
‘Tis morning on the eleventh of November
when men, awaking, mark Armistice Day -
On their behalf, I think it’s time I spoke:
“Why try to fix it when it isn’t broke?” -
I bless the day we both proclaimed: "I DO!"
and, most of all my darling, I bless YOU. -
Of six wonders of the ancient world no traces now remain.
Thus Nature bests the mightiest works which man constructs in vain. -
In addition to the Seven Wonders of the ancients’ list,
there are several others which, quite unaccountably, they missed. -
Though not exhaustive, I have tried, with these fourteen selections,
to list some modern wonders which are major world attractions. -
Lord, who created all that breathe and live,
reject us not! Our foolish ways forgive! -
With heads unbowed we wage war for democracy
and yet we mourn the lives lost in the cause of Liberty. -
We wish you all much Yuletide cheer
and blessings in the coming year. - ''
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Did they die in an eruption? Was it fine or stormy weather?
We know only that they died there long ago, in love together. -
There are of course, two ponds in Beckenham Park,
with lawn between, a hundred yards apart. -
It's not for myself but for Gregg I am writing
and I hope I'm no adverse objections inviting. -
I’m sorry I can’t join you ‘coz I have to stay down here
but I’ll go and put this poem on your grave -
That I’m partial to Australian boobs, I freely make admission
and I’m grateful I can show these with the owners’ kind permission. -
Give me a sense of humour, Lord,
Give me the grace to see a joke, -
Between two neighbours, fences are erected to divide
their properties and thus identify each other’s space. -
Without arms, legs or mouth, we wish Sir Ima all the best
for he’s now stuck with hosting Huguenauties’ eighth contest !! -
IF Yemassee had joined the contest in cheerleader gear,
IF everyone had voted HIM the best, -
I should not be cruel to a vegetabule but I must have my last word:
The Queen agrees that options offered verge on the absurd. -
I’m devastated now to learn of Sal’s bad accident
and. ever since I heard, my heartfelt prayers to God I’ve sent. -
They come because New Zealand is a better place to live;
it offers greater freedom than most other countries give. -
I’ve seen Great Britain where my great-grandparents used to be
but I was born in Aotearoa and this is home to me. -
There are lots of kiwis live in OZ, intending to come back
if the ozzie dole runs out or when they scrub the old ANZAC. -
Kiwis and Wars – Wyleian Sonnet CXCIV / New Zealand soldiers fought for Britain first against the Boers / and then against Germanic forces
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I think, of Christchurch, one should mention
that it’s called “The Garden City”.
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Can anybody tell me why our lambing starts in JUNE? / It seems that farmers tend to put their rams out far too soon. / We always get such h
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It’s June and, in New Zealand, it’s already wintertime / when many ‘kiwis’ leave their homes to seek some warmer clime. / Now, as our night
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Could I but find new words my love to tell, / O’ I would write a thousand sonnets now / But all the words I know, I’ve used full well / And
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When I am gone and only bones or ash remain / of what I was on earth to all my loving friends, / may they re
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“Ich liebe dich”; “Io t’amo”; “Yo tu amar” or “Je t’aime”; / or just: “I love you” – any tongue - the words all mean the same. / Three word
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‘Tis said: “the pen is mightier than the sword” / and poets have a weapon sure to hand / whereby they wield the power of written word / for
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The legend of Narcissus claims he was / a lad who, of his beauty, often skited. / Thus, Aphrodite envied him because / self-love goes seldo
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Although much in this life gives cause to grieve / and likely more may come in future still / as, one by one, those whom we love will leave
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And, as in Faith I send my prayers across the seas of pain,
I wait the hour until, Dear One, I hear from you again.
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So readers who would search into my inner soul
should not be too judgemental or too prude
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To GOD Whose Hand directs the course of human history,
we poets who write in English, thank Him for “All Poetry”.
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Newsflash! Urgent action needed to fight obesity, committee says.
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You may keep material trappings and deprive me of my wealth,
but let me keep my mind, my sight, my hearing and my HEALTH!
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The haka is a challenge by a warrior to a foe;
its purpose to inspire alarm and dread
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And I DON'T wear knickers - I prefer
me boxer shorts instead
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With Cappuccino Coffee, I’ll provide some Singha Beer
but the main ingredient for a feast is lots of fun and cheer.
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Parents’ duty is to warn their daughters not to go to bed
with any man until they’re sure HE is the one to wed. -
So the All Blacks lost a rugby game with one player on the bench!
But life will go on just the same for us and for the French! -
Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the game!
France will never, never, never be the same. -
I remember with affection certain teachers at my schools
who taught me much of what I learned by textbook, rod and rules. -
Are wraiths and spectres real or are they just things that we feel
as the symptoms of our fright when something goes bump in the night? -
There’ll always be an England, and ‘Old England’ still is free
and might have won the World Cup with a different referee
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