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Observations From a Messmate Stump
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Lindsay Laurie
| Lyric |
wattle, nature,
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Little Stream Without a Name
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Lindsay Laurie
| Rhyme |
wattle, nature, river,
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Finished
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Kai Michael Neumann
| Free verse |
wattle, i love you, i
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No Title
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Christine Phillips
| Narrative |
wattle, america, betrayal, character, emotions,
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Woodlands
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Michael McCarthy
| Pastoral |
wattle, beauty, earth, environment, tree,
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Usung Heroines Sung
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PATRICIA CRESSWELL
| Free verse |
wattle, appreciation, courage, discrimination,
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no words
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Dominic Amezimi
| Free verse |
wattle, heartbroken,
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Don't wake sleepless night
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Mohamed Manzur Bah
| Concrete |
wattle, heartbreak, horror, innocence,
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Mein Kampf My Struggle
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Debbie Guzzi
| Haibun |
wattle, anxiety, racism, , atheist,
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CORNER OF THE STREET
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Mohamed Manzur Bah
| Chant Royal |
wattle, appreciation, butterfly, candy,
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Tudor Trail
by Geraldine Taylor
Let a new age commence, unrest shall now cease
King Henry VII, the bringer of peace
Merchants will travel, trade will now flourish
Descendants of which epitomise courage
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Categories:
wattle, child, education, history,
turkey necks and bat wings
by lim'rik flats
*Inspired by Cheryl Hoffman’s “The Skin We’re In” — Go read it!
On a turkey it's called a wattle
on a moose, "the bell," (not “the...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
wattle, nonsense,
remembering her beauty, eulogy
by Jayne Eggins
I remember fitfully,
Those verdant fields their
Yellow brushed cotton tips,
Gyrating, swirled to beauty,
sighing, undulating minute blades
infintesable allure wafted
on those white wattle nights,
even drained of sustenance
it still...
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Categories:
wattle, beauty, death, earth, life,
Bushfire Above Labertouche
by Lindsay Laurie
Thunder rolls in the distance, lightning jags across the sky,
all around the heavens are angry … a fiery strike becomes the eye.
With little rain,...
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Categories:
wattle, fire, nature,
The Cold Hard Truth
by Douglas Johnson
Just take a second now, to finally think
of what its like to talk to someone with a fear of speakin to peeps
Or how some...
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Categories:
wattle, adventure, anger, career, destiny,
Don Bradman
by vince gullaci
Every Aussie knows
the Cootamundra wattle
its beauty
a yellow crown
of glory
was eclipsed
by Don Bradman's birth....
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Categories:
wattle, life,
The Billabong
by Lindsay Laurie
There’s an old river course with beginning and end,
now the river runs straight without this river bend,
where the water is still and the reeds do...
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Categories:
wattle, nature,
Sunrise on the Living Desert
by Lindsay Laurie
Streaks of pink 'cross morning skies.
Land shaded lemon; last star dies…
Lightening blue spreads far and wide,
a half red sun. New dawn’s arrived.
This living desert yawns...
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Categories:
wattle, nature,
Migrating Blowflies
by Lindsay Laurie
‘Davo’ rang me up, ‘bout a month ago,
To travel with him on a trip,
Way up north to Glenora station,
So he can search through Harry’s tip.
‘Davo’...
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Categories:
wattle, humor,
A Time Honoured Stretch of a River
by Lindsay Laurie
There’s a time-honoured stretch of a river
that’s a cog in the natural wheel
flowing longer than mans’…
time upon earth
and home for the blackfish and eel.
They say...
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I do not know? |
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wattle, nature, river,
After the Windstorm
by Lindsay Laurie
The buffer and howling is strong through the night,
loose tin on a roof puts up a good fight,
something goes crashing; something flies past,
the moan at...
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wattle, nature,
Gutter Frogs
by Carol Eastman
The neighborhood has been going, to every variety of dogs.
But I simply can’t believe it… We now have Gutter Frogs!
They climb upon my windowsills, and...
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Categories:
wattle, fun, funny, happiness, humor,
Your Limerick Toes
by Jack Ellison
I apologize to you my dear Miss Wattle
For stepping on your Limerick toes
Got caught up in the fun, couldn't help myself
A great way to get...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
wattle, sorry,
Reading Between The Lines
by Jack Ellison
Do we always know what someone means
Is it obvious or do we wonder
Are we sometimes left just a little puzzled
Or does it finally strike like...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
wattle, humorous,
PIG'S REVENGE
by Miss Wattle
PIG'S REVENGE
A pig turned to bacon
Caused a huge bellyachin'
When his captors had eaten their fill.
The meat full of disease
Brought the men to their knees
And in...
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Categories:
wattle, animal, fun,
Feast at jungle
by Ndubisi Anslem Otolokpo
We have come to the
" feast"
At jungle, to dance
to tunes
Of music of our
time, and now,
Leaving the arena
for others,
Returning with
cheering heart.
Gladdened...
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I do not know? |
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wattle,
THE PINK SOCKS
by Miss Wattle
THE PINK SOCKS
My mother once bought me pink socks
Wrapped up in a neat little package
They were neither magenta nor baby nor blushed
Oh no, my friends,...
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Categories:
wattle, fun, truth,
Popcorn Music
by Joseph Matose
Pop (corn) Music
Introduction
It’s time to dance, time to tango
There’s a Canadian on the banjo
When he sees the guitar strings
Jack’s mirth grows soaring wings;
As he scans...
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Categories:
wattle,
Miss Wattle
by Jack Ellison
Hope you know what a wattle is Miss Wattle
It's a fleshy, wrinkled, fold of skin
Hanging from the throats of chickens and turkeys
You're much prettier and...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
wattle, humorous,
G'day Mate
by Jack Ellison
A friend of mine has just joined the Soup
She's glowing, overwhelmed and delighted
Her screen name is Miss Wattle so you know
Drop by, she'll be over...
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Quatrain |
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Categories:
wattle, friend,