Short Gold Coast Poems

Up and Down Australia's Gold Coast
All the hotels are prone to boast:
"You can ask your host
For Marmite on toast
But beware the Vegemite ghost!"...

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Great White Sharks are a Gold Coast wonder
Though crocodiles may steal their thunder
But all surfers know
It is time to go 
When kangaroos line up Down Under...

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Winter on Astor Street
 
                  The Gold Coast, Chicago
 
Beneath the canopy,
a doorman holds
a cast-iron door that lets
 
an ancient duchess issue.
Swathed in a silver gown
she tugs her sable cape
 
tight around a tumor
that nice young doctor 
will announce tomorrow.
 
 
Donal Mahoney...

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DREAMING HOME…

In cosmic dreams,
I’ve waded the Nile
In golden Nubian sunsets;

Felt the warm breath
Of Sahara breeze
Kiss my cheeks;

Made my bed in tall savanna grass
And cooled my soul
In rain forest dew;

I’ve crouched beneath Gold Coast palms:
A palm wine drunkard…
Arms flung wide;

My soul
Has soared 
Atop Uhuru Peak:

Yes, 
I too,
Dream of Africa....

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One Autumn day


The day we met at the gold coast,
Beauty of yellow and orange was a toast,

Pleasant breeze was giving a caress,
Colourful fall was sure to impress,

As I intruded deep into his heart and spied,

All conflicts were then kept at bay,
How lovely was that autumn day!



Written September 12th, 2014
For contest 'One Autumn day' by PD A

Awarded 10th place...

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Halogen hesitant glide incubates baskers
Hush worship horizontal, roasting rascals
Trust flail arms gleeful face of jack in box
Toast salt pepper toes opposed to office socks


Lopsided sway scintillates sea rolls repeat
Lumen seduce dons haughty top-hat heat
Haven from seasons, sunbathed succumb 
Hourglass conserve curdles cold’s equilibrium 



            
                  23rd June 
         Sultry Surfers Paradise
             in unfelt Solstice...

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