| Poem | Poet | Order by Most Viewed | Order by Most Commented | Created | Edited | Last Comment |
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 The Arabian HorseOn the cusp of beauty, you were born Before this World had its modern form. Atavar and Spirit much older than us Existence formed from the desert... | lovecanbereal | 780 | 6 | Dec 2016 | Jan 20 | Dec 2016 lovecanbereal |
I'm BackHi to all of the CS poets - here's a sonnet of sorts Oh how I've missed what you all have to say - And hooray, hooray, I'm back online today.... | lovecanbereal | 777 | 15 | Jun 2017 | Jan 20 | Oct 2018 lovecanbereal |
A Woman IsA Woman is Eternal mystery. See through The heart Of Man In one Swift glance. Can you remember this Men - in your vanity? All that we... | lovecanbereal | 775 | 5 | Oct 2016 | Jan 20 | Oct 2016 lovecanbereal |
SharonF* An inner west Sydney suburb.... | lovecanbereal | 791 | 3 | Jul 2016 | Jan 20 | May 2021 lovecanbereal |
When Music SpeaksAll CS poets, please write on! Poetry must not be allowed to die!... | lovecanbereal | 796 | 7 | Oct 2016 | Jan 20 | Oct 2016 lovecanbereal |
The Right GirlOne day I'll find the right girl She will be my one and only. If I have to search half the World Then I'll be no longer lonely. I know my wants,... | lovecanbereal | 792 | 8 | Sep 2016 | Jan 20 | Sep 2016 lovecanbereal |
Bali (Trip 1 - circa 1990)Well so it was the plane was born aloft - Goodbye Sydney (if only for a week). Tarmac vanished as up into the soft Clouds the big bird flew (we fel... | lovecanbereal | 799 | 3 | Jul 2016 | Jan 20 | Jul 2016 lovecanbereal |
No More Love(*) I've given up on internet dating, maybe I can meet a nice girl down by the bus stop, or on the train - or something. (**) No more love - (excep... | lovecanbereal | 817 | 6 | Aug 2016 | Jan 20 | Mar 2019 lovecanbereal |
Orphans in the heartThe difference between platonic, unrequited, and consummated love? If we knew all of the differences we would be wise indeed.... | lovecanbereal | 823 | 5 | Jun 2016 | Jan 20 | Jun 2016 lovecanbereal |
FlirtingThat I could feign to make a sportive play Or when I think a girl could be serious Perhaps coming after feelings of dismay Or last girlfriend becom... | lovecanbereal | 824 | 4 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | Dec 2018 lovecanbereal |
What Makes a Woman Beautiful?With apologies to any woman legally blind/vision impaired, who may be just as beautiful inside.... | lovecanbereal | 840 | 22 | Sep 2017 | Jan 20 | Mar 2018 lovecanbereal |
High AboveHigh above - somewhere in the firmament Before we're born it seems our die is cast And destiny amid this life's entanglement Shines softly forth -... | lovecanbereal | 824 | 3 | Apr 2016 | Jan 20 | Aug 2016 lovecanbereal |
Food for LoversLove's food tonight? - the substance of your caress; - If substance abuse, - then guilty - I confess! Not much that I can say - so please take heed... | lovecanbereal | 846 | 10 | Jul 2016 | Jan 20 | Oct 2019 lovecanbereal |
Residential School Fun* Name changed ** Towns changed... | lovecanbereal | 844 | 10 | Oct 2016 | Jan 20 | Dec 2018 lovecanbereal |
My 100th PoemI hope this explains some of the themes, behind my previous poems. * Some use of irony here.... | lovecanbereal | 877 | 12 | Aug 2017 | Jan 20 | Jan 2020 lovecanbereal |
To a TrollInspired by recent troll attacks on CS poets, who, don't forget, put their work up here for free, for all to enjoy.... | lovecanbereal | 879 | 6 | Aug 2016 | Jan 20 | Mar 2019 lovecanbereal |
My Wandering StarA poem about Megan - my first girlfriend - and my first love - in High School. A recollection of a moment of introspection, one Summer's night at Went... | lovecanbereal | 884 | 5 | Jun 2016 | Jan 20 | Jul 2016 lovecanbereal |
When I rememberWhen one heart calls to another Everything else seems far away Just like in a daydream I remember your reflection Just like another spring bring... | lovecanbereal | 885 | 0 | Dec 2015 | Jan 20 | |
Now You've GoneI see someone like you In sweeping summer rain And nothing I could do Would fix my heart again. A stranger's eyes flash fire Of lost romantic c... | lovecanbereal | 895 | 5 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | Aug 2017 lovecanbereal |
Burnt Out Old LoverA burn't out old lover I Though I've still a spark of chemistry. I'm still able but lack the will Disillusioned and lonely still. At least my po... | lovecanbereal | 896 | 14 | Aug 2016 | Jan 20 | Apr 2017 lovecanbereal |
Girl Falling from GraceI see you girl - in the corner of this pub I see the sorrow in your downcast eyes, I see you nod your head - as now a drug - Holds you close with... | lovecanbereal | 889 | 6 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | May 2016 lovecanbereal |
My First Time* Sydney's "red light" district. ** (I'm being ironic here - not exactly the "cradle of civilization"). *** YOTS = Well-known Sydney Christian... | lovecanbereal | 903 | 6 | Jun 2016 | Jan 20 | Mar 2020 lovecanbereal |
Stood Up (apology accepted)We made a date - I couldn't wait to see her (And there is no love the cynics say). Well, maybe I'm just a hopeless dreamer - With nothing new to sh... | lovecanbereal | 911 | 4 | Jun 2016 | Jan 20 | Mar 2017 lovecanbereal |
Banksia (one night stand)* "on the piss" = Australian colloquialism for drinking. ** Banksia = inner South West suburb of Sydney. (Be honest - we've nearly all been there)... | lovecanbereal | 904 | 9 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | May 2016 morgen90210 |
Life (time)Look at our birth - does it ever seem a curse? Or a miracle that happens - nothing more? Does our time go on endlessly - or worse? Or does full lif... | lovecanbereal | 912 | 0 | Mar 2016 | Jan 20 | |
Young LoversTwo lovers came upon a woody brake And entered there within - their leave to take Across their heads a bow of leafy briar Which interlaced below a... | lovecanbereal | 934 | 7 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | May 2016 lovecanbereal |
Swimming Out to Wedding Cake and Back.Coogee - a Sydney beach. Wedding Cake Island - a small rocky atoll, about 1 km from shore, and about 6 to 8 feet above sea level. I did this when I... | lovecanbereal | 922 | 3 | Jun 2016 | Jan 20 | Jul 2016 lovecanbereal |
Australia: Race Relations* The main deity in Aboriginal mythology ** 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972 - 1975) *** A symbolic gesture giving the Aboriginal people "b... | lovecanbereal | 957 | 14 | Aug 2016 | Jan 20 | Nov 2017 lovecanbereal |
A Gem (sonnet)A gem's a stone that's rare, but cold inside; - A true gem's in the heart the other hides. When we find that rare one who understands, Then we ar... | lovecanbereal | 955 | 2 | Jan 2017 | Jan 20 | Jan 2017 lovecanbereal |
City Reflections (For Megan)When we were young and reckless Our hearts tripped Across broken midnight And stolen gold. Walking in the city Late one night I saw traffic li... | lovecanbereal | 954 | 2 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | May 2016 lovecanbereal |
Danielle* I have quoted a line from an Ed Kuepper song here......... | lovecanbereal | 973 | 0 | Mar 2016 | Jan 20 | |
My Online GirlAre you online girl? I've waited for so long (And I couldn't sleep in the small hours). I want you girl - and I know right from wrong - To write t... | lovecanbereal | 981 | 11 | Jun 2016 | Jan 20 | Jun 2016 lovecanbereal |
In your flatHere I have tried to capture something of the nature of the existential loneliness which can occur between man and woman.... | lovecanbereal | 1,002 | 0 | Dec 2015 | Jan 20 | |
Virtual LoveDon't mean to be overly morbid; this is just the flip side of our world today.... | lovecanbereal | 1,007 | 9 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | Aug 2016 lovecanbereal |
Almost Drowning*Narrabeen - A Sydney beach The true story of how I almost drowned on Christmas Day, when I was nine years old, and how my father rescued me - saving... | lovecanbereal | 1,021 | 15 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | Jun 2020 lovecanbereal |
Blue MountainsThe famous Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, about 60 km west of Sydney. The "Blue" colour is caused by the refraction of sunlight through a very fi... | lovecanbereal | 1,038 | 9 | Apr 2016 | Jan 20 | Dec 2021 lovecanbereal |
Robyn (one night stand)* Rockdale (inner) southwest suburb of Sydney ** Engadine southern suburb of Sydney.... | lovecanbereal | 1,041 | 7 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | Oct 2019 lovecanbereal |
Antivax RatsAntivax Stupidity!... | lovecanbereal | 607 | 13 | Oct 2021 | Jan 20 | Jan 2022 lovecanbereal |
To a MiserAll your life - you've heaped up all your gold; - You think you've got some substance in this world? Though surely - you must know - that its a... | lovecanbereal | 1,041 | 1 | May 2016 | Jan 20 | Aug 2016 lovecanbereal |
Faded AngelLying on the grass in Newtown Cemetary To see the setting Sun in his hot ire Drown in a riot of colour - soon sparkling sky - As Titan sinks now in... | lovecanbereal | 1,062 | 2 | Mar 2016 | Jan 20 | Dec 2018 lovecanbereal |
Our life's InfinityWhere does our 'light' come from? - and where does it go?... | lovecanbereal | 1,066 | 5 | Mar 2016 | Jan 20 | Jun 2016 lovecanbereal |
A Lucid DreamI can't wake up! These succubi They haunt me- Another broken love - Or a forgotten dream? Trapped in this Kaleidoscopic maze Old movie visi... | lovecanbereal | 1,074 | 4 | Jan 2016 | Jan 20 | Sep 2017 lovecanbereal |