Rum n Raisin 11 - One Hundred Million Years BC
...Sneaking into the museum to avoid the sudden rain
Raisin said, “I don’t want to get soaked right through again,
It was bad enough when that truck through that puddle dashed
And you and me - but ma...
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Categories:
biplane, adventure, cat, fantasy, time,
Form: Narrative
Kites
...The Heraclee sky was a lurid, neon blue but the morning was surprisingly cool (at 54°). The antemeridian sun managed to cast sharp, surreal, black-hole shadows, giving the world a baroque art look, a...
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Categories:
biplane, beach, feelings, french, life,
Form: Free verse
Anzac Day
...For my Grandfather, Australian 9th Light Horse.
He died
when I was just emerging
from the unremembered,
he left
with the sound
of muffled sobs
coming from
his room.
My Grandfather lived...
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Categories:
biplane, grandfather, remembrance day,
Form: Free verse
Only Game In Town
...our reckless aviator dives upon the Zeppelin
don't worry darlin I'll just put the tip in
a lethal hilarity aimed at the hoarders of wealth
the value of their possessions a layer of ash
will redee...
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Categories:
biplane, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Oncle Albert - Part 1
...Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is...
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Categories:
biplane, flying, history,
Form: Narrative
War Mechanic
...War came. How could it not? Bringing many things especially death. They wanted to knock Turkey out of the war. One ally less for Germany.
Many events happened. Some were firsts. All included death....
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Categories:
biplane, conflict, military, tribute, war,
Form: Free verse
Early Childhood Memory
...The year was sixty-seven, mid July,
a summer's day, and Hucknall was the place,
I sat beneath a cornflower blue sky,
sun hat on head, and ice cream on my face.
Strange mixtures of aromas filled m...
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Categories:
biplane, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Young Eyes
...Young Eyes
The ten year old child sat by the water. They saw what was happening and it wasn't good. Affecting them greatly, bringing nightmares and nasty flashbacks. Things their young mind struggle...
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Categories:
biplane, analogy, boat, conflict, death,
Form: Verse