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Lyn (the kindness of strangers).

* Australian saying meaning rough, unrefined. ** Rhyming slang i.e f*cking nuts....
1,464132Feb 2017Jan 2017Jan 2017May 3

In My Heart

Reincarnation...How I feel sometimes...The Unity of everything...Souls recognizing each other;...A subject for Meditation......
721141May 2017Apr 2017Apr 2017Apr 24

Poem for Megan

For seven years I've longed for your love, That's deep and blue as the ocean's bliss - As winged she flies - a lonely dove - Through the storm's ey...
1,693131Feb 2020Dec 2015Jan 2020May 3

The Lover

The World calls her a slut;- In reality, she's a High Priestess. Not seeking the World's riches She burns as she finds. The World calls him a pl...
73831Dec 2016Dec 2016Dec 2016Apr 29

Tears From a Red Rose

The red rose is touched by dew :- Tears from a red rose Blood from her womb So few will know. Known by so few Tears from a red rose So few w...
71981Apr 2017Feb 2017Jan 2019Apr 27

My 100th Poem

I hope this explains some of the themes, behind my previous poems. * Some use of irony here....
890121Aug 2017Aug 2017Jan 2020May 1

Sydney Sales Yard

A bonny mare if 'ere there was one Stood tall in the Sydney Sales Yard. The odds, the ring, the sales yard;- And soon they beat her down. The bi...
1,33101Jan 2017Dec 2015May 3

My Wandering Star

A 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...
88851Dec 2016Jun 2016Jul 2016May 4

To all the Girls

To all the girls I've been with - here's to you To every little whimsy of our hearts - For true lovers only - there's been a few Who made me die in...
74020Jun 2016Jun 2016May 4

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...
91240Jun 2016Mar 2017Apr 26

My First Time

* Sydney's "red light" district. ** (I'm being ironic here - not exactly the "cradle of civilization"). *** YOTS = Well-known Sydney Christian...
90660Jun 2016Mar 2020Apr 28

Food for Lovers

Love'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...
846100Jul 2016Oct 2019Apr 19

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...
80130Jul 2016Jul 2016Apr 29

SharonF

* An inner west Sydney suburb....
79530Jul 2016May 2021May 3

Robyn (The Cougar)

Once when I was twenty-two a cougar Did take me in to be her special cub. If only for a week - it was sweet sugar (When I was young I could not get...
73550Jul 2016Jul 2016Apr 26

Tipping the Velvet

There is a serpent Eve which crowns your wreath If nothing there to hide then down below - For something good I had to go beneath; - Your mound of...
67800Jul 2016May 1

Australia: Race Relations

* The main deity in Aboriginal mythology ** 21st Prime Minister of Australia (1972 - 1975) *** A symbolic gesture giving the Aboriginal people "b...
958140Aug 2016Nov 2017Apr 25

Caroleen

* Sydney Northern Beaches suburb ** Standard drink size in NSW....
73500Aug 2016Apr 29

Too Much!

The downside of experience is a certain amount of collateral damage,.... back to the lovey-dovey stuff shortly...
65740Aug 2016Aug 2016Apr 29

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...
82060Aug 2016Mar 2019Apr 30

Practicing Guitar

* It helps a lot when the chords and music are on the net. ** I am not a "muso" (musician) I do this as a hobby....
66600Aug 2016May 1

Burnt Out Old Lover

A 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...
901140Aug 2016Apr 2017May 2

Bali (Trip 2 - circa 1992)

* prozzies English slang for prostitutes ** mozzies Aussie slang for mosquitos *** cozzies Aussie slang for swimming costumes (One d...
65720Aug 2016Aug 2016Apr 28

To a Troll

Inspired by recent troll attacks on CS poets, who, don't forget, put their work up here for free, for all to enjoy....
88160Aug 2016Mar 2019Apr 20

Dianna

* stunner, Aussie slang for extremely good-looking woman....
76200Aug 20168 hrs ago

Lisa

* Inner South West Sydney suburb. ** Originally published as "Lisa(Meg)"...
77900Sep 2016Sep 201610 hrs ago

To the CS lady poets

For the CS lady poets......
1,597340Sep 2016Feb 2023Apr 28

Sharon of Merrylands

Merrylands - outer SW suburb of Sydney....
65400Sep 2016Apr 29

The Right Girl

One 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,...
79580Sep 2016Sep 2016Apr 27

A Stranger's Eyes

I walk along the street And I'm blue and lonely. My childhood hurts this love For my one and only. Searching other's eyes For love's deep abys...
71430Sep 2016Sep 2016Apr 29

Residential School Fun

* Name changed ** Towns changed...
847100Oct 2016Dec 2018Apr 28

When Music Speaks

All CS poets, please write on! Poetry must not be allowed to die!...
79770Oct 2016Oct 2016Apr 28

A Woman Is

A 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...
77850Oct 2016Oct 201617 hrs ago

One Day

One day I'll put my poems in proper order - Until then, you must now bear with me. Making sense of my life's general disorder And to write on until...
77940Oct 2016Nov 2017Apr 26

Tori

* See my earlier poem "Residential School Fun." ** Inner SW Sydney suburb. *** Captain Cook (who discovered Australia for the British in 1770)....
68100Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 28

Girl at a Bus Stop

I was walking home with the Sunday paper - got tired sat down. A few seats up from you blonde girl. I am shy - you crossed your legs to...
73450Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 29

As a matter of fact

* " Such is life".......So said Ned Kelly - (famous Australian Bush Ranger)...
68220Nov 2016Nov 2016Apr 27

Brittany

* A Sydney suburb. ** Australian slang *** The Moon...
66400Dec 2016Apr 27

Unfaithful

He tries to kiss away her tears That flow like rivulets of melted lead To her pillow. Inconsolable the salty flood Courses wetly down the Ang...
757150Dec 2016Aug 2017May 1

In your flat

Here I have tried to capture something of the nature of the existential loneliness which can occur between man and woman....
1,00500Dec 2015May 4

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