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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 so
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We marvel at works of man and God alone
and yet how few of His Great Ways are known
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In wintertime the distant hills stand proud
Now cloaked in sunlit snow all gistening white
21 lines, 13 comments,
on Jul 14 2:44 PM 2004. In Nature, Hope
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A sailor's life is weary, hard and rough
and Island paradise is Heav'n enough.
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These are the trials of a sailing seaman's life.
Scant rest and far from sweetheart, home or wife.
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Ay! There's no other life for such as me.
A seadog never can landlubber be.
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Escape I cannot, though I travel far.
Oh! That I could discover who you are!
23 lines, 19 comments,
on Jul 24 4:48 PM 2004. In Personal, Love
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The stuff of happiness cannot be bought.
True happiness is more a way of life.
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And so, in Autumn now, I value more
each day, each hour and what it holds in store.
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While nights, nor pleas, nor magic tales, nor beauty can compel, Religions which, while preaching peace, create an earthly Hell.
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And when at last someone engraves my stone
will I face Death's long highway all alone?
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Not wealth nor power will blessings, happiness or comfort bring;
Relaxed, with love and beauty, I have more than any king.
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Leave me my dreams and let my musings be
Far from this world of cruel reality!
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You may consider that my hopes are way beyond the norm
But they’re my guiding rays of light amid the gath’ring storm.
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I've just looked through your favourites' list
and I am quite amazed!!
27 lines, 13 comments,
on Sep 7 6:04 PM 2004. In Humor, Hope
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For all the skills and labours we would save
Fate buries deep in Death's unyielding grave.
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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.
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Though I have travelled far afield and many places seen,
Few rival the tranquillity of willowed banks so green.
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Use common, work-day English to ensure
Your message isn’t senselessly obscure.
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May we, as kindly critics, ever seek
To aid and foster others - and stay meek!
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I think I'll slash my wrists just for a lark
or mutilate myself (that's always fun);
23 lines, 13 comments,
on Nov 8 1:45 PM 2004. In Humor, Angst
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Do those who judge them good have better sense
that tell us we “don’t understand” - or are we dense?
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Do justly, love with mercy, live with grace,
walk humbly then, before your own god’s face.
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May all the noise and stress of nowadays
never invade this haven where we laze.
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These sounds has Mother Nature made for me;
I know no equal man-made melody.
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Whether of Nature or manmade, these scents,
invoke my memories and stir my sense.
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Mere spirit now, a lonely grieving wraith,
sad to recall her priestess-ship long past.
20 lines, 5 comments,
on Dec 21 3:19 PM 2004. In Fantasy, Dark
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The path of life has many wayward turnings
With crossroads, sideroads, forks and tracks to choose.
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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.
48 lines, 10 comments,
on Jan 6 12:28 AM 2005. In Society, Other
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It is sad those early missionaries quarrelled with each other
and did not practice what they preached “love each man as a brother".
50 lines, 8 comments,
on Jan 9 3:53 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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….and still today the Treaty is a source of great dispute,
its three brief paragraphs are, of much argument, the root.
40 lines, 8 comments,
on Jan 12 2:55 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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More perfect sonnets would be hard to find.
All crafted carefully with fine precision.
19 lines, 11 comments,
on Jan 15 12:57 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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In both islands, North and South, there thus came soon a steady stream
of arrivals and their future was assured, it now would seem.
70 lines, 10 comments,
on Jan 19 2:09 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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In 1865 Peace Treaties ended all affray
And 1871 the last regiment sailed away.
52 lines, 8 comments,
on Jan 22 11:36 AM 2005. In Society, Other
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Darkest the Dawn before my execution.
The fearful mind, the faltering resolution.
24 lines, 19 comments,
on Jan 25 3:28 AM 2005. In Sad, Other
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The valuable Kauri gum, another rich resource,
when added to the gold, brought fortune-seekers here in force.
68 lines, 13 comments,
on Jan 27 9:59 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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Prisoners, taken to Dunedin, were eventually set free
(Parihaka’s one example of the white man’s infamy.)
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After all the struggles and injustice both sides had to weather,
Can we now forgive, perhaps forget, and live in peace together?
67 lines, 7 comments,
on Feb 7 1:27 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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spring tide fast surges
where nature’s flotsam purges
26 lines, 7 comments,
on Feb 11 1:38 PM 2005. In Nature, Love
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Where do the fleeting recollections go?
Let not my age make me forgetful so.
24 lines, 9 comments,
on Feb 11 9:07 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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The mana of a man (his prestige) rates supremely high.
An insult would result in utu (an eye for an eye!)
48 lines, 10 comments,
on Feb 15 8:57 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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Let who is without sin first cast the stone
For truly, free of sin is Christ alone.
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Dear Lord, Gregg’s reached his fifth and fortieth year.
Please stretch Thine Arm to him and grant our prayer?
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To write good sonnets is, indeed, a test.
If you can master them, you’re with the best.
23 lines, 20 comments,
on Mar 14 11:11 PM 2005. In Love, Humor
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Who were they that inspired wise men, to say
of them, “All we, like sheep have gone astray”.
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Silent sorrow, disappear!
Banks are wanted willow-bare.
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Pain makes some folk short-tempered, selfish, rude;
others endure it with great fortitude.
22 lines, 12 comments,
on Mar 22 1:30 PM 2005. In Other, Nature
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These MARY’s are but few of those who fix
in memory – and now there’s MARY6!
21 lines, 21 comments,
on Mar 22 6:05 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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Man overestimates his tiny station
nor comprehends Almighty God’s Creation.
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GOD’s Gifts (to AP.)
When God was allocating souls in line
20 lines, 17 comments,
on Mar 28 12:41 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Love
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So join our celebrations. Come Hugh's favourites, everyone
and let our Castle Capers beget neverending fun!
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we should surely ourselves, while we can, show forgiveness to our fellow man.
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Oh! Hapless Death! Begone from my domain
Or willt thou take this bridegroom’s life again?
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Whatever you’d prefer to do, this day is really yours -
a day when you, for once, escape from all poetic bores!
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My erstwhile Goddess and my Muse now seem
mere fantasy – at best, a foolish dream.
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Thus may my words be not unkind
nor show the failings of my mind.
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Though my favourites may differ in their ends,
I love them all and hope we stay good friends.
21 lines, 26 comments,
on May 6 10:58 PM 2005. In Love, Humor
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May we, whose liberties and freedoms stem
from their bequest, always remember them.
21 lines, 11 comments,
on May 11 11:29 PM 2005. In Society, Other
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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?
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Autumnal shadows slant across the street,
dappling the leaf-lit, grass-green riverbank
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There are two among my favourites I regard as “Sonnet Queens”;
every sonnet that they write is pure perfection.
25 lines, 9 comments,
on Jun 10 11:21 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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Though I’ve persevered and practiced on and off throughout the years,
I just do not have ability nor talent such as hers.
22 lines, 15 comments,
on Jun 11 4:27 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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I wonder that those unique gifts, which God Almighty gave,
He should take from such a genius granting but an early grave.
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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
23 lines, 18 comments,
on Jun 17 8:23 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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Now, almost everybody’s nature has another side
which, even to our closest friends, we’re careful to conceal
22 lines, 15 comments,
on Jul 11 2:36 AM 2005. In Personal, Humor
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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.”
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Whatever future fate befalls you, Del,
we wish you all the best, with fond farewell.
25 lines, 14 comments,
on Jul 19 8:47 PM 2005. In Sad, Love
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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.
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Free Verse may not match, in beauty, well-rhymed, metered poetry,
but each poet to his inspiration must stay true and free.
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Mother of Tess and haiku mistress (PLEASE! NO CAPS ALLOWED!!)
And her poi-poise is improving (as I always knew it would).
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I am proud to claim that, foremost amongst those,
is my gifted, darling daughter MARI GOES.
20 lines, 11 comments,
on Aug 15 5:43 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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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,
68 lines, 11 comments,
on Sep 11 4:25 PM 2005. In Nature, Hope
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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.
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On my licence there’s a photo which is, frankly, not like me,
being issued many years ago when I was young and spree.
20 lines, 10 comments,
on Sep 24 4:27 PM 2005. In Personal, Humor
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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.
24 lines, 15 comments,
on Sep 25 4:45 PM 2005. In Personal, Humor
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But God Himself alone is without end.
Del Warren Livingston has passed away.
22 lines, 21 comments,
on Sep 26 5:34 PM 2005. In Sad, Love
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On my accustomed daily walk
along the Heathcote riverside
43 lines, 11 comments,
on Oct 4 1:50 PM 2005. In Other, Nature
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I went again today to check upon my ducklings,
now there are twelve of the original thirteen.
22 lines, 16 comments,
on Oct 11 12:31 PM 2005. In Other, Nature
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All these and other sayings she would chatter
there was no limit to her wealth of matter.
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When angels come to visit from above,
I, and my garden, both respond with love.
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God works in most mysterious ways, His wonders to perform.
Who cannot see is prone to doubt, for that is human norm.
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Joan loved my ducklings, garden and great weather
but our greatest joy was just to be together.
22 lines, 11 comments,
on Nov 4 1:26 PM 2005. In Personal, Love
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“Come! Kiss me love, for time is flying fast.
T’will soon be dawn and I must fare away."
23 lines, 6 comments,
on Nov 6 2:39 PM 2005. In Fantasy, Sad
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Ah! Happy is the mother's lot
who loves the children she has got!
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Lord, to my friends, give happiness and health.
I ask, for them, not circumstance nor wealth
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O n this occasion, Margaret, I’d like to say:
N o-one’s more deserving of a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
19 lines, 10 comments,
on Nov 22 3:12 AM 2005. In Spiritual, Love
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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?
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The silence of the years will not unwind
or fill the loss of friends we left behind.
22 lines, 13 comments,
on Dec 1 2:18 PM 2005. In Sad, Love
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the Nippon empire, four years later, met apocalypse.
Unconditional surrender followed lost ascendancy.
36 lines, 25 comments,
on Dec 7 11:29 AM 2005. In Sad, Other
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males invariably lust
for women with a well-developed bust!
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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.
20 lines, 7 comments,
on Dec 20 12:26 PM 2005. In Sad, Dark
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‘Tis Christmastime, the Season of good cheer
when hearts are gay and folks feel young and brave
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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.
22 lines, 17 comments,
on Jan 7 5:27 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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I don’t know what the fuss made of her portrait is about
for I seriously think it calls his judgement into doubt.
23 lines, 10 comments,
on Jan 8 12:26 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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Sonnet in Terza Rima style in iambic heptameter with
each Triplet and the couplet in monorhyme.
23 lines, 5 comments,
on Jan 9 12:54 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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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
25 lines, 5 comments,
on Jan 10 12:04 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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Another Sonnetto coppiato in iambic heptameter
with rhyming couplets.
23 lines, 8 comments,
on Jan 11 11:33 AM 2006. In Other, Humor
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This unknown painter didn’t even sign his name
and, while it’s quite a good portrayal of a back....
22 lines, 7 comments,
on Jan 12 12:23 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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The picture shows the Cour de Marbre frontage to Versailles
which we never saw - with far too many tourists in the way!
25 lines, 3 comments,
on Jan 13 12:33 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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The moral of my story is: Don’t visit, without reason,
Versailles, the Louvre or Paris at the height of Summer Season!!
22 lines, 4 comments,
on Jan 14 12:57 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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I'd best list my amended Mona portrait as "adult"
but, all things considered, I’m quite satisfied with the result!
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Young David was a sturdy lad; that is not hard to see
for he’s not got a stitch to hide his masculinity.
20 lines, 15 comments,
on Jan 16 11:57 AM 2006. In Other, Humor
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The first French colonists who died in 1842
were buried up on L’Aube Hill above the little town
23 lines, 7 comments,
on Jan 22 2:22 PM 2006. In Sad, Other
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There was a time when I had many friends
who regularly criticised my writing,
22 lines, 19 comments,
on Jan 31 4:04 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal
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In grief, but thanks for each, we will remember
how flame became a never-dying ember.
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I think that now, herein, I have achieved my object
to write a sonnet without any proper subject.
22 lines, 14 comments,
on Mar 4 2:07 PM 2006. In Other, Humor
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If, for this exercise, I thus depict her,
nevertheless I will not contradict her.
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Give me days of merriment and laughter -
I’ll not fret, whatever may come after.
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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)?
21 lines, 19 comments,
on Mar 24 2:02 PM 2006. In Society, Other
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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.
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Why write a poem at all if it’s so bad
that, having posted it, you must conceal?
19 lines, 20 comments,
on May 16 7:35 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal
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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.
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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.
23 lines, 7 comments,
on May 27 3:50 PM 2006. In Humor, Angst
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By all means show appreciation when it’s justly due
but be careful not to show that you’re an ignoramus too!
20 lines, 17 comments,
on May 28 2:53 PM 2006. In Humor, Angst
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Two souls, entwined in infinite embrace,
infused by blaze of spiritual fire
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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?
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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.
21 lines, 6 comments,
on Aug 17 2:44 PM 2006. In Love, Humor
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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.
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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.
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It’s hard for mums and dads who lose their tots or teens
or older through infirmity passed down through genes.
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Sunday last was Fathers’ Day. In every year,
like Christmas, it brings floods of memories profound.
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Beside the pond he stands alone
to guard his nesting wife.
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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,
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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.
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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.
21 lines, 10 comments,
on Oct 26 4:37 PM 2006. In Personal, Other
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"Rest easily and sleep in peace my brothers. Your job is done, the line you left has held,
21 lines, 21 comments,
on Nov 6 1:38 PM 2006. In Other, Love
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So, moving ‘mongst your graves with solemn tread, we say farewell and thanks, with unbowed head.
22 lines, 9 comments,
on Nov 8 2:08 AM 2006. In Other, Love
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‘Tis morning on the eleventh of November
when men, awaking, mark Armistice Day
23 lines, 13 comments,
on Nov 11 11:53 AM 2006. In Society, Other
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On their behalf, I think it’s time I spoke:
“Why try to fix it when it isn’t broke?”
22 lines, 13 comments,
on Nov 14 2:29 AM 2006. In Humor, Hope
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I bless the day we both proclaimed: "I DO!"
and, most of all my darling, I bless YOU.
20 lines, 16 comments,
on Nov 15 12:46 PM 2006. In Personal, Love
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Of six wonders of the ancient world no traces now remain. Thus Nature bests the mightiest works which man constructs in vain.
61 lines, 8 comments,
on Nov 18 2:16 AM 2006. In Other, History
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In addition to the Seven Wonders of the ancients’ list, there are several others which, quite unaccountably, they missed.
93 lines, 25 comments,
on Nov 21 1:14 PM 2006. In Other, History.
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Though not exhaustive, I have tried, with these fourteen selections, to list some modern wonders which are major world attractions.
92 lines, 5 comments,
on Nov 28 12:43 PM 2006. In Other, History
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Lord, who created all that breathe and live, reject us not! Our foolish ways forgive!
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With heads unbowed we wage war for democracy and yet we mourn the lives lost in the cause of Liberty.
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We wish you all much Yuletide cheer and blessings in the coming year.
21 lines, 9 comments,
on Dec 24 4:30 AM 2006. In Humor, Hope
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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.
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There are of course, two ponds in Beckenham Park, with lawn between, a hundred yards apart.
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It's not for myself but for Gregg I am writing and I hope I'm no adverse objections inviting.
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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
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That I’m partial to Australian boobs, I freely make admission and I’m grateful I can show these with the owners’ kind permission.
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Give me a sense of humour, Lord, Give me the grace to see a joke,
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Between two neighbours, fences are erected to divide their properties and thus identify each other’s space.
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Without arms, legs or mouth, we wish Sir Ima all the best for he’s now stuck with hosting Huguenauties’ eighth contest !!
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IF Yemassee had joined the contest in cheerleader gear, IF everyone had voted HIM the best,
22 lines, 11 comments,
on Mar 13 4:17 PM 2007. In Fantasy, Humor
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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.
22 lines, 15 comments,
on Mar 14 3:11 PM 2007. In Humor, Idiocy
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I’m devastated now to learn of Sal’s bad accident and. ever since I heard, my heartfelt prayers to God I’ve sent.
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They come because New Zealand is a better place to live; it offers greater freedom than most other countries give.
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I’ve seen Great Britain where my great-grandparents used to be but I was born in Aotearoa and this is home to me.
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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.
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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
21 lines, 9 comments,
on Jul 1 5:26 AM 2007. In Love, Personal
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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
21 lines, 17 comments,
on Jul 27 4:47 PM 2007. In Life, Love, Hope
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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
22 lines, 16 comments,
on Sep 16 2:38 PM 2007. In Personal, Humor
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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.
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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!
23 lines, 6 comments,
on Oct 8 3:53 AM 2007. In History, Sad
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Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the game!
France will never, never, never be the same.
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I remember with affection certain teachers at my schools
who taught me much of what I learned by textbook, rod and rules.
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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?
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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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