poetry
the doctor
I have the busy blahs
diagnosis of dullness
work-life disorder.
This white coated friend
prescribes apply cat fur
thoroughly each day.
when pumpkins prowl and black cats gleam
Halloween Haiku dedicated to H.R.H. RC Cat
When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours on Halloween.
~Author Unknown
the beast
- street art, Rochford Street, Newtown, Sydney, NSW Australia
day of rest
I woke, crying
mourning the life
love comes in rainbow colours
weary worker man
end of day tired buys a
rainbow of roses
weary worker man
rainbow roses forgotten
at home left in car
unsunny Sunday
weary worker man ponders
what he is missing
weary worker man
remembers rainbow roses
oh! brightens her day
weary worker man
snoozes unsunny Sunday
end of week tired
weary worker man
brightens unsunny Sunday
oh! just being home.
what am I afraid of most
you’re the nice family I know
good people
who have seen the world
tasted its hurts, madness and fears
for this you defend your right
to defend your rights
you’re the nice neighbours
who I know
love, respect, honour and care
although I disapprove of what you say
will I defend to the death your right to say it
can I do you the kindness
of challenging those rights
before you kill all the children?
With acknowledgement to Evelyn Beatrice Hall. In her biography on Voltaire, Hall wrote the phrase: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” (which is often misattributed to Voltaire himself) as an illustration of Voltaire’s beliefs. Hall’s quote is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Beatrice_Hall
Esther’s protector
monochrome giant
need to find
colouring pencils?
street art_Esther Lane, Surry Hills (Sydney) NSW Australia
stencil art_Esther Lane, Surry Hills (Sydney) NSW Australia
art in the park
green grace
breathing space
pause between brick
two trees
a seat
simply to sit
brief respite
linger awhile
with your thoughts
they played
the aliens
beings of colour
they sprayed
the wall
a brighter place
smile awhile
suspend reality
accept the gift
take joy
walk away
believing it magic.
Street art park at St Peters end of Charles St, Erskineville (Sydney), NSW Australia.
only for sheep
Somewhere in Erskineville there’s a flock of colourful sheep but down towards St Peters 3 colourless creatures have turned up under the Coulson St railway bridge, and each day I pass they cause me to contemplate the difference between my existence and theirs.
I haiku’d these thoughts.
faux sheep flat city life
monochrome facsimiles
supplant the real ewe
The Bureau – Only for Sheep …a little trip back to the 80’s
“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
homeward bound worker
tiny tree weaver wishes
good evening to all
*“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
E.B. White (author of Charlotte’s Web)
doggy dilemma
