Koala Poems

Everything is soft 
Complies to the marshmallow scale of Being 

Compounds disintegrate
Dissolve and lose their fragile states
Are broken when it is time to go 
When touched by the invisible 
Spread over and across by haphazard winds ;

Even mountains must surrender...Read More

Do you hear the magpies chortle
As the sun rises over the hills
Do you see a koala in a gum tree
As the wind rattles the leaves

Do you feel the sun on your neck
As the summer sun reaches high
Do you see the...Read More

cooling tang
upon my palate-
eucalyptus leaves

sleep comes-
a one-track mind’s
exhausting

nature’s way
is the best-
fine dining

...Read More

Hear my special child’s alphabet features
Eagerly, he mumbles with sheer delight
a-ape; b-bear; c-cat… dear God’s creatures!

D-dove; e-eagle; f-falcon… birds of great flight
g-goat; h-horse; i-impala…all in Noah’s ark
j-jaguar; k-koala; l-lion… oh, what a sight!

m-monkey; n-newt; o-opossum; hey, they don’t bark
p-parrot, q-quail,...Read More

I was once a koala
Fuzzy, meekly peering newbie
Chosen for convenient cuteness

But misleading, as I have never
Set foot in the Southern hemisphere

Everyone who knows me, knows
I am a beast for books
A rapturous reader, a
Paramour of the printed page
Their feel, their scent...Read More

“Now behind the eyes and secrets of the dreamers in the streets rocked to sleep by the sea, see the titbits and topsyturvies, bobs and buttontops, bags and bones, ash and rind and dandruff and nailparings, saliva and snowflakes and...Read More

In the land of Oz, we're all fair dinkum,
Every bloke, Sheila and Healer too.
By crikey mate, if you get us started,
You'll regret the day I guarantee you.

In bonza days some may call hard yakka,
With an esky chockers and a barbie...Read More

           IF I WAS FORCED

A favourite one for me, wrong!
One for me, for me, for me, wrong!
My feelings on faves very strong!
My feelings are for all.

One a day, big or...Read More

I wish that I was a koala bear
Napping in eucalyptus-scented air
In trees, safe from attack
No dingoes get to snack
Oh, to have my avatar's cuteness flair!...Read More

Kym the Koala liked to climb
And munch gum leaves all the time
In the hot Aussie sun
Up early munching leaves and having fun

He saw jumping kangaroos
And running large emus
But he did not want to be like them
A pastime climbing trees was...Read More

The koala did it I heard him say
He left his fingerprints at the scene that day
And was underhanded in what he did
The case is broken that’s why he hid

It wasn’t me who stole the car
Driving it away so very far
And...Read More

  Think positive.   

A sharp inhale is heard, as if pain where felt,

  Happy thoughts.   

This koala doesn’t eat, It loathes itself more than others,

  Just smile.   

Self deprecating to replace...Read More

Mom,
why are you giving me such a liking for this Kit Kat?

A bar,
comprised of delectable, smooth chocolate,
 ambrosial by just running my tongue over it

So crunchy it makes my teeth feel
like they’re skirring through sugary bits,
triturating them for my 
beseeching...Read More

Nylon waste is often akin to a brushed out stable, manger, or stall. But brushing the carpet is often a resemblance of a swirling cloud of dust and tobacco shards and tobacco shards are not talking cats, tailored crafted tails,...Read More

On Peyote Highway

The lanes go this way and that
Purple haze sunset to the left
The radio changes itself

On Peyote Highway

The flowers all try to hitch rides
With thumbs held high in the sky
While cactus ride by on their bikes

On Peyote Highway

Rainbow clouds...Read More

So…
King Jr. died at 39...and I wonder if my confusion with gender identity issues is supposed to be his gift of my birth as I close in on 40...but the disabling pressures that pack down on my conscience destroy my...Read More

You had a mom and dad that put a fire in your heart...
They provided love and encouragement from the very start.

Randy and Sandy are part of the crew...
And they always applaud everything that you do.

You marched in the band in...Read More

Why, do we call it
Something it’s not
If we’re going to name things
Let’s give it, some thought

If it’s called a chilli
Then why is it so hot
And I can say this
A guinea pig, is not

A prairie dog
He only digs holes
But this dog...Read More

At dawn the bay bed glows peachy yellow.
The waters above blue-green and gleaming. 
Further out a grey shroud of ripples entraps the yachts
with lace nets en-snaring a flock of hulls.
Yet farther out still, the sea surface glistens and sparkles.
Then, the...Read More

A story is often a mish mash jam on a tambourine. Whirling. Ignorant inscriptions incite incorrect information. And a bow in a bowl is not a box nor a bag. Well, normally it isn't anyway. But does a tiger blossom...Read More

A portly partridge, a kale coloured koala and a lecherous lion were climbing up a snow covered precipice in a first gear shake. The beating of the engine spike of deathly chills and the iced tipped trees stood erect and...Read More

My imaginary restaurant will be named “All That You Imagine.”
Any food you can imagine, you will be served.
Thanks to technology and a world-class cooking staff,
I can offer my patrons any food that they desire.
However, they must book their table three...Read More

Walking through the rainforest
Koala in a tree
Mr.Hungry Dingo
Staring at me

Living in Australia
Happy as can be
Sunburnt country is the best
I'm sure you will agree

Many native species
Australia is their home
Couldn't be anywhere else
As says this Aussie poem

Platypus in the river 
Echidna eating...Read More

We're all creatures of our mother, the Earth.
Birds sing and eagles fly
But without water they all die.

The vase is empty in my room.
The flowers withered,
They didn't bloom.

The trees suffer and lose their leaves.
Bare and dry the forest grieves.

No snow falls...Read More

better to be back in black
said Brett Boe
Coca-Cola for coy cat
replied Carla Coe
draw the duck down in dew
whispered Donna Doe
fries feed feisty firebugs
claims Frankie Foe
good guys grumble about golf
implies Grant Goe
hairy hilltops hide hat heroes
stated Harry Hoe
jackal junior joined the...Read More