Category Archives: poetry
Another Lost Shark 2012 Tour: Blackall Heartland Festival
It’s well known that I like to take a dip in the waters of some of this state’s regional towns as well as traveling interstate as part of the annual Another Lost Shark Tour. This Friday, May 25 the 2012 … Continue reading
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New poem & quote from R.H. Blyth on haiku
rusty hook an ibis fishes the shallows ***** And I just couldn’t resist posting this quote by R.H. Blyth. You can read the full essay over at Issa’s Untidy Hut. Bashō made haiku literature, and yet something beyond and above … Continue reading
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Friday Night Lights Project: Week #19
Saturday night is reaching full swing, but right now it’s time to check in with the lights of Friday… the brightest of the week. Well at least in the eyes of Ashley, Cindy & I! ********** The dog is running … Continue reading
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for Jules & T.H.E.
Happy Mother’s Day, gulls at low tide the wet scribble of mother and son
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Friday Night Lights Project: Week #18
Saturday morning has settled in all of its autumnal glory, but let’s darken the sky again momentarily as Ashley, Cindy and I relive the lights of Friday night gone. ********** Tonight is the last school dance. Boys and girls spill … Continue reading
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red leaves mother hands me her will ***** And for all you haiku heads, here’s the details of a new haiku competition in memory of the great Janice Bostok: Janice M Bostok Haiku Prize: Australia’s greatest haiku poet, the late … Continue reading
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Friday Night Lights Project: Week #17
While it is Sunday here in Brisbane, the lights of Friday night are still rattling in my head and sparking from my eyes. This week Ashley, Cindy and I riff on marbles, childhood, distance and Fourth of July picnics. So, … Continue reading
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