Cocos Poems

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...arecas, palm trees,
and genus cocos compete ~
overripe fruits fall
...

Categories: cocos, conflict,
Form: Haiku

Stormbound

...
Gaze out to sea upon blown rig and sail
  in our fright’s strand on stormwatch to the south,
heed the mighty whirlwind, its scything trail -
  Galleon’s Passage to the Serpent’s Mouth.
See ...

Categories: cocos, home, nature, storm,
Form: Sonnet

Qantas and the Bully Beef Bombers

...When the Second World War began 
QANTAS aircraft were part of the RAAF plan
Two Empire Flying Boats were taken with their crews
To form part of the defence of Australia too

These planes were pa...

Categories: cocos, remember, war,
Form: Ballad

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Aussie Cruiser Sydney

...OUR TIN POT NAVY so THEY SAID in 1914 Sydney in the first World War 1

In 1914 German cruisers were cut loose 
and Emden she was one…………….…(fired 38lb shells)
the Indian ocean she did for hunting...

Categories: cocos, war, war, world, war,
Form: Rhyme

Ode To Earthquake -W

...(My ode to Earthquake is an irregular ode. The ode is written in
memory of an earthquake that took place in Gujarat State (Kutch Region) 
of India in the year 2000 on the Republic Day of India on 2...

Categories: cocos, mother, poetry,
Form: Ode

Ode To An Earthquake-W

...What a day you chose, Grandma Mine!
To quake, to move, to shiver, to shake
Thereby to ravage, to savage, to shatter,
The celebrations of Mother India Republic Day.
A female snake eating her own c...

Categories: cocos, nature, independence day,
Form: Ode