Sinter's Cross, Part I
...You see that there? That’s Sinter’s Cross,
on the bluff by the stream,
a cross has stood there with his name
since eighteen eighty-three.
That was the year John Sinter fell,
but I’ll not skip ah...
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Categories:
packhorse, conflict, courage, death, hero,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Mirage Files
...Mirage Files
by Odin Roark
How rapid their collection
From nasty medicines
Cloaked with mother’s smile
To spoonfuls upon mouthfuls
Handfuls to bucketsful
Filling irony’s three-drawer his...
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Categories:
packhorse, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Hunted In 1880
...Hunted
by Don Johnson
Brisbane-Australia
On a bitter cold and moonless night,
there came a gentle knock at the door.
Only half heard Joe did stir from sleep, alight,
to meet a stra...
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Categories:
packhorse, angstlight, light, men,
Form: Rhyme
All the World Is a Stage
...Silver moonbeams strike the old packhorse bridge
As its ancient stones use silent language
To speak of those who passed this way before
And stood on these worn slates staring in awe
At the sand...
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Categories:
packhorse, nature, places
Form: Sonnet
Early Winter Sun
...Early winter sun; low in the sky
Warm light burnishing the yellow leaves that stubbornly cling to the birches
Silver trunks contrast with their own dark shadows
Russet browns of the larches beyo...
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Categories:
packhorse, nature, seasonslight, light,
Form: Narrative
An Old Man's Vows
...For those not familiar with Banjo Paterson's poem LOST you may like to read it first to
understand the sequel below. You can find it at
http://www.uq.edu.au/~mlwham/banjo/lost.html
He stood...
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Categories:
packhorse, loss, sad, old, lost,
Form: Rhyme