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

  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)

  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)

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)

      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

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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A Sprig of Golden Wattle

A sprig of golden wattle For the deceased A gift of remembrance By the bereaved Both old and young Deceased and bereaved Now joined by the sweetest fragrance Of the golden wattle sprig At St Patrick’s Three times she kissed … Continue reading

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If you See a Bombie, do not Touch it!

Lao women have forged a close friendship performing a dangerous task to free their country of lethal vestiges of war. Here’s a poem I wrote after watching Foreign Correspondent on 15 July 2014. “If you see a bombie, do not … Continue reading

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SunWinks! 27 July 2014: Ars Poetica

Ars Poetica My poem can be whatever it wants to be Free to sing Free to laugh Free to cry Free to rhyme Or not to rhyme   My poem is free and can be whatever it wants to be … Continue reading

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Hibiscus

  Hibiscus aglow Aglow bright red With the setting sun Glowing bright red In the Garden of Love Like the Maiden’s Ripe lips Lips ripe with Glowing love The young Dreamer Yearns to kiss * © Irina Dimitric 2014.

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Tired, Tired is my Soul

  Tired, Tired is my soul No dream or goal Although the sky is bright The little cloud pure white The sun is warm This autumn morn Wake up, wake up The magpie sings Come on, I’ll cheer you up … Continue reading

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