Long Bondi Poems

NAME: Phil Latio.

QUALIFICATIONS: LLB (Law) PhD (Medicine) & FSC (Federation Starfleet    
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"The Conversation: I Found God, so now what?"



the ugliest thing happened here today,

I could turn away and write of unicorns
but I’ll write about beauty found in the ugliness anyway,
like how a mother said goodbye running...

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Dusk on Sunday by Little Bay,
Dinner foray begins to play.


Seek Bondi Beach for dinner spice,
Watch hunger reach for ribs so nice.


Slow drive through rain on winding roads,
Focus now strains with hungry loads.


Baby sleeps sound in...

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Nature's Way Constanza

Sol puts to sleep the hills with light
     while gloaming sheds all fading rays
     and brilliant colors change to greys

when shadows darken them with night.
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Fair dinkum mate I feel like a Tassie Tiger
And I’m not bullin’ you, and a real galah as well
How come this bloody sheila to such charms succumbs
I’m telling you me heart is racing and I...

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In a bustling corner of Bondi's heart, 
where dreams and lives, play a part.
A mother's bravery, a tale untold, 
in midst of chaos, her love, so bold.

With madness swirling in the air, 
A mother's instinct,...

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Tribute

You are a wonderful human being and a man of many talents Jack Ellison for all your many achievements. 
Age is only number - your charismatic persona and optimism shines through your poems.

I’m honored to...

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Here I lie reaching out to other sides
comforting sand surrounds me on every edge
foamy sea washes over me at night,
as the moon's blue light cools my outer body
at the break of day, the sun begins
its...

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SHE’LL BE RIGHT

In the merry old land of Oz*
They’ve the secret of happiness ‘cos
They’ve a theorem for plight
Makes them soar like a kite
It’s this motto - SHE’LL BE RIGHT!

King Henry at Agincourt Field
Had a talent...

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Six months since Christmas and people are down
Trudging through life with a full facial frown
Back in December we hoped it would snow
But not a flake settled, well wouldn’t you know

I remember thinking if it can’t...

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exodus'  plague  had forewarned
dire straits if the first was scorned
 
and first was the crimson tide  
nine more as pharoah defied
 
some millennia since passed  
we come to know how it's...

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Supine she lies upon the sand

beads of perspiration finely dot

curvaceous golden brown form

carefree tresses spring, fly away hair

coconut oil lathers coquettish peaks

bared free, flesh innocent

she turns, languish sun kissed rays

fingers brush sand that lingers

covetously to...

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Saturday afternoon at the shops
Families together laughing and loving a lot 
Then evil came with deadly intent
Joel Cauci stalked them with his knife bent

Inspector Amy Scott took the call that day
A stabbing in Bondi Junction...

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Based on BBC news article "Supermoon lights up sky around the world" 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-37978572


On the night November fourteen
By orbit's cycles, moon looms near
An astral stellar lunar scene
Since '48 the largest sphere

Around the world the drifting night
Heaven's...

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For far shires beyond the western red sun
  I’m leaving the Land of the Long White Cloud -
to journey across the blue horizon
  where cockatoos in bloodwoods sing aloud.
Trading in my black singlet...

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