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= when we met =
But you saw him look guilty, you saw him try to dodge the truth and change the subject and you saw how mean he was!
~ Ode to the Stockman’s Repose
Deep into the night the cackle of flame / announces the stockman’s abode / his harmonica plays a mellow symphony / ode to the stockman’s re…
~ Five of Alive
Innocence : Why can’t it be seen with my eye? / Resistance : I don’t Care! / Persistence : Again the same old same old! / Enlig…
~ coffee & cheese ~
I like coffee and cheese too!
~ beneath the mist ~
Perfection at dawn as the mist hides all the imperfection of man!
One Cup
Lazy rocking in the arvo / Smell the hay freshly mowed
as the ’burras call in the day
know that each morning I’ll waken refreshed / living a life that’s right / as the ’burras call in the day
Green Love
My love is like grass / blanketing all I caress / smoothing out the edges the blows
~ Traversing the long long paddock! ~
Building the nation to nourish us all / Traversing the long long paddock!
what if?
So as much as I dream of what I may be / I am happy that I am what I am
as one wth the earth
he will walk as one with the earth / and know what it is to belong!
Protection of a Poppy
bright cheer of the poppy / Surely nothing will befall me so bad as to crush the delicate strength of such a bloom
=timing – the rhythm of life=
And then there is the rhythm of time – timing – the rhythm of life
not forgotton
but always in a quiet spot by window side or tree / you’d find a happy soul content to be
Out there with you
… and time rolls in like the constant tide / I imagine you here by my side
With a hey nonni haidy and a nonni nonni ho!
For he that wins to woo her heart / be duty bound to never part / be willing now to make a start / on vying for her love
Revive the Bobbin
One gentle afternoon / as you hum a wordless tune / in the little attic room / revive the bobbin
simple pleasure • life is good
If Pleasures are simple! / then Life is good!
Harmony Returns
and we shall dance in the rain again / laugh with our hair dripping wet / and paddocks will green / life will be pristine
fading yellow (the youth of Lady Gray)
Sometimes realizing your reality is liberating!
The Man’s Place
for no matter what old Banjo wrote those blokes are all here still / and will be here as long as this mount lasts!
hollow windows
resentment in the winter wallow / looking back through windows hollow
Regal Redgums
what’s the goss / can you hear them whispering / bending craning / trying to see
the worth of the land!
The gathering clouds continue to form / longed for rain – our souls are torn / feeding; the weeds delight in this storm / drinking th…
Art in the Water
You can see the many colours / flashing in the water
wish away
deeply breathe the hush find peace in the core / the colours of the lush beckons you to more
=“Red” of the Cafe Fame (Journal)= [1…
To support my character in the All Write Now Group Collaborative novel
and I Will Dance!
And let the stream gurgle past / trickling through roots and rocks / and I will dance ….
Green Smarties
It’s as if they’d give you rashes or some such horrid thing / But I’ll eat all of them happilly with pride!
Son of Scotland
“That’s my Daddie’s Toon!” and she hugged it to her like a girl with a new doll! … Aah the power of the Bubbl…
Tempest in the Valley
But I must watch from afar as the storm rages below / From this fight I shall not gain / yet I cannot protect them from the savage blow
There’ll be Strife Tonight!
but when the mercury’s bubbling hot and the cockies drop from the trees / the verandah’s the only spot to catch whatever breeze
by and by
And I see the water but only in your eyes …. all I can say is it will come by and by
~ reflects the depth
but breathing is sweet; sharp pains ignore / throbbing loss of friends before / sadness cries / love belies
my dreamtime wish
I saw these words in these eyes and they demanded I write them / I dream of our land kept right! / The people of this land know how! / If o…
Granma’s Concerto
You can feel the gentle rhythm / hear the notes softly floating / you can see the love shining / as he composes his concerto
morning love
love strokes us so softly / breath caress our yearning …..
~ … of the oldest tree~
Twisted and forked they left me alone / leaving me hold up the ground / But one of these days I shall be too old / my limbs too hollow my t…
my lucky charm
How precious is your existence / Your life is more important than the world / I hope you will always look to me
our avenue of grace
We shall live in harmony / with the grace of our avenue / and see the beauty of each day / and dwell in the realm of love
from my Gardener’s Throne
Every garden needs an old comfy cane chair to view the results from and this one looks the best gardener’s throne of all!
Ballet Class
Thud! Thud! Thud! Pointe Entendue! … g l i d e – g l i d e – poise … “A R M S !!"
old man mountain
These visions drew my thoughts together in verse!
comes rolling down
The drama of storms encompasses all / The constant damp from continual rainfall / Yet many remain to answer the call / As the weather comes…
The Price to Peep
All the glorious sights you could ever behold / From when you were young til when you’d be old / Is shown on display for you, so I’m told /…
crossroad quandary
I ponder what footsteps I’ve left behind / they’ve led me here to this cross road of my mind
Where my soul lives
I live for the High Country / the wide open plains in the sky / where you can clear your mind / and do nothing more than just be!
Black Water
Nothing could penetrate / the calm peace of the lake
=Where I fell in love with History=
I imagined that I had been the first to enter it in a hundred years!
and we can play again
This is written for every child who ever feels this / This is written for my lost little girl inside / What cost is life?
began our country anew
So sing of the courage that renewed our land / remember the ethic of lending a hand / for look at what has come from so few / those convict…
~ a memory in creation ~
and the spirits of the High Plains are calling out to me / and the ghosts of those before are helping me to see
~ I stand alone and live!~
While the wind and the clouds swirling fog and mist / While the sun or the rain beat down make my body twist
☼ Not telling yet! ☼
Not long now / Just a few more days / and then I can spill the beans =0þ
We’ll stand so tall!
Here in Victoria to see this sort of green in our Yarra Valley Rangers would be heaven!
A garden of my dreams on a cold September Morn
by my bubble I do sit / I look to images favoured / to see the glorious beauty / of visions of gardens savoured / and now I feel it my dut…
precious rain
at last when gentle rains do fall a child’s first taste of bliss / reminds us of the joy we had we smile and reminisce
Sit with me a while
I’ll always be here anytime / that you can sit with me a while
hazy dreams
Happily I will labour on / with the dream there in my sight / The crunch of the summer dryness / brings dreams in the hazy heat
dank rank glory
nostrils sting and twinge and itch at the unfamiliarity of it
man of the land
busy days working stock on hock / droving the long paddock route / whips and whistles yells and barks / oiled hat and coat is the suit
be
I hear you / I see you / I smell you / I feel you / I taste you / I know you / I love you / be!
mounted rescue
while up upon the trail the cloud comes rolling in / and brings the needed water to the slopes / collecting in the streams the rivers and t…
look closer!
and if you will dream with me / of how it can be / to live in harmony / will set us all free
lone gum
The strips of papery bark lay shredded on the ground / litters foreign cushion of withered spikes / for all it’s mighty presence it’s…
September Pears
and on the bench are the September pears / succulent juicy ripe
by the Sycamore
‘I do love you so, as I have told it to you / But you have yet to tell me!’ / ‘Then wait for my whistle I will not be lo…
carousels
Big dippers and carousels; life is like a carnival ride / are you there for the fun of the moment
Lift your Horatio eyes!
Lift your Horatio eyes! / They don’t pay you to ogle my chest!
the freedom of life
Who are we but time travelers pausing in this world / look around at the brilliance of wonders unfurled
Storm of Life
The years of my childhood have rolled away / The dreams of my youth are through / And I found myself alone
= Observation Dance =
Above the bench the branches whispered emphatic witness to life’s song and dance played out below.
morning love
My heart knows bliss / On shores like this / When you walk the morning sands with me
fulfilment
And if it’s not done now / then what was is empty of voice / cavernous echoes of wishes / and regrets of unused choice
~ garden in the bush ~
to the struggling home gardens of the pioneers / where the farmers wife would lovingly toil / to bring a bit of colour to the barren soil
Who’s Rosy Now?
Amazing the way style goes around! I wonder if the next gen of kids want everything neat as a pin & no second hand clothes again!
gold shine
Remember, as a child, how we could tell “If some one liked Butter” ?
believe my heart is there
Will you ride with me over mountain peaks / traverse the gullies plains and creeks / will you come with me, see the views I seek
~ ♪ Fields of Buttercups ♪ ~
and we shall smile when buttercups bloom / and we shall love neath silvery moon / and I shall stay with you for all eternity / let our happ…
a flash of wattle
OK She’s done it! / She has turned me to mush! / My Fave artist has painted my fave native flower in it’s natural environment which h…
WILD WILD WATER
then all the silly city folk / who complain when told it’s no joke / they have to use the water wisely not waste it all away / cos water do…
I’ll wait
He’ll come to me my saving grace / And when I see him my heart will race / He’ll come, I’ll wait
=Is this our world now?=
In peace we have no need to value the essence of life / for it is not threatened …… and yet we are lost
lover for all time
she will whisper to me secrets of our life divine / apart our hearts are aching for each other we will pine
lost
This one cried to me for the words to say / the essence of the drawing emotional entreaty / that we all feel when we see a child lost
My Paradise Valley
and you have painted for me the valley of my mind / and I shall be in paradise / yes you have painted paradise / so come and be in paradise…
~ Lest the Brumby Fades to a Blur ~
They served their time before machine, droving the country stock routes / Transporting folk and all manner of goods before steam train’s fi…
~ Mountain Muster ~
On a Muster in the evenings the Mountain Men would “Sing” to their cattle to keep them calm and close. It was here that our Bus…
~ my treasure ~
feel the vastness of the sky / see the world passing by / growing up as best I try
~ The Juice of Life! ~
How important just one little droplet is – for without it none may be found!
~ the bend in the bush ~
I’ve always longed to just walk the bush / to live there and survive there and care fore it / It is my muse!
~ Dream Lover of Mine ~
I sent up a wish and here you are / dream lover of mine
~ #MIGRAINE !!!!!!~
My Favourite artist “Ms Lynda Robinson” suffers from Chronic Migraines / I write this in hopes of educating non sufferers as to…
~ Just Like Life! ~
If you look at this every day it would always be slightly different / something would have changed – just like life!
~ Follow the trade winds! ~
Soft misty moody and not a solitary modern thing in sight! / This transports me back …..
~ Whisper it All to Me ~
And I shall sing it to the stars / Harmony of Pluto and Mars / The beauty of Earth has no pars / To compare with your whispers to me
~ Cairn of Courage ~
The pipes are quiet all tartan shred / stolen by the enemy dread / freedom sought courage love / squashed beneath the velvet glove
150yo mates
the sky always blue the ground well worn / they brought you from cliffs stone by stone / and carefully made you a home
~ That Frown! ~
echoes of the brows of Connery / the elegance of Peck / the dashing charm of Errol Flynn
~ Dawn’s Ride ~
Enjoy a morning ride with me! ♥
