Tag: hope
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Nature in the waiting
In this moment I’m ignoring the clear blue sky The half shy nodding smiles of casual passers by Bracketed between the silver touched clouds and The soft silken slop of my feet caressed by the sand. In this moment I’m ignoring the far away wave sounds Sieved through leaves swaying through the mottled light Colouring me first autumn red goldened during the night Enveloping me finally in winters silver green surrounds. Meanwhile the tree stretches upward, outward , underward its true growth unseen. For these are the moments that nature is waiting and whispering to me.
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love left alone
If I caught and kept love It would be no love at all Love left dying at last grasp Dust and leaves floating in its wake. If I fought for and left love I would be the one to fall Love lying faithless hope left to clasp At emptiness cleft to my selfish ache. If I nought but let love flow As if it were second breath Let alone no thought to know But love’s depth and width and breadth.
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From Melbourne to Sydney
One often says of oneself as a child, this is where I grew up. But to me, at least, one doesn’t realise that one has grown up until one leaves that place and returns. Yes I grew up in Canowindra (New South Wales). I grew up too in Kiama (New South Wales). And then Canberra […]
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Joy
Joy is such a bastard You never know it’s there Till it sneaks up on you And clouts you unawares. Go and ignore the bastard Bloody well tell it to go away Too bad now you noticed It will settle in and stay
Andrew James Whalan 