Category Archives: Poetry

Wordo – SunWinks! November 16, 2014: Making It Up

Posted on November 20, 2014 by irinadim

A wordo is a weirdo As the word implies A lexigeek, if you wish Coining words is his obsession Coinawordricity, he might say In a word he’s a wordnerd When his trick is clever And he makes it stick He’ll … Continue reading →

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Midday Terror ~ #CoffinHop

Posted on October 30, 2014 by irinadim

    Midday sunshine Church bells ring through Steamy fields Farmers run for shelter Helter skelter Some climb up tall trees Twelve bell strikes resound The Midday Witch Comes out of ground Black snakes peak From underneath Her black peaked … Continue reading →

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Fear – Second Version (SunWinks! October 19, 2014: Metaphor)

Posted on October 23, 2014 by irinadim

I can hear the angry wasps Buzzing around And the stampede of the wildebeest Through the savannah With the lions and cheetahs In wait, ready to pounce I can see the parched earth Gaping – ready to swallow me I … Continue reading →

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Fear (SunWinks! October 19, 2014: Metaphor)

Posted on October 20, 2014 by irinadim

First a flutter in the chest Then a thudding Elephants stampeding Through the savannah Sudden drought In the throat Words freeze On the useless tongue Gasping for air She turns into A statue * Copyright © 2014 Irina Dimitric * … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Metaphor (SunWinks! October 12, 2014)

Posted on October 15, 2014 by irinadim

Where can I find A metaphor For my poem today? I look around I listen to sounds Of all kinds I scratch my head I enter The garden of my mind And all I find Is A desert! Copyright © … Continue reading →

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Funny Bunny (SunWinks! 5 October 2014: Abstract Poetry)

Posted on October 9, 2014 by irinadim

  Lazy Daisy Crazy Maisy What a pair! Fair is fair In the prairie Little Bunny Quite a dummy Very funny Hopping madly Hop hop hop Lollipop Up and down Up and down The prairie green Up and down Until … Continue reading →

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In the Dark of the Night (SunWinks! 21 September 2014: Playing the Field)

Posted on October 1, 2014 by irinadim

  Silence   I can hear my own breathing In the dark of the night Thoughts dancing the Eternal Dance The dance of whys and ifs in the whirligig of my mind Images of Innocence of  childhood joys and fears … Continue reading →

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On the Terrace (SunWinks! 14 September 2014: Gently Down the Stream)

Posted on September 17, 2014 by irinadim

Late afternoon On the terrace The sun is warming my back He’s facing me, eyes shut A jackhammer in the distance Drrrr drrrr drrrr drrrr drrrr A drill in the neighbour’s house Then a hammer Bang bang bang Rainbow lorikeets … Continue reading →

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A Poem is like an Orange (SunWinks! 7 September 2014 – Shuffle)

Posted on September 12, 2014 by irinadim

      An orange is a fruit. Fruit it is with pips. Pips, pips, pips and Juicy orange flesh It is full of vitamin C. It is good for you. Orange juice is an orange juiced, with no pips. … Continue reading →

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Fair Dinkum – Poem for Saturday Writing Essential: August 30, 2014

Posted on September 4, 2014 by irinadim

Fair Dinkum   Dinkum Aussie words Aussie lingo Tweak long ones Or chuck them out Keep fair dinkum Shortish ones   G’day, mate How ya going?   Bonzer, mate.   Fair dinkum?   Fair dinkum, mate.   Let’s have a … Continue reading →

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