Poetry Jam; Three Word Wednesday

the outline of truth no longer fuzzy
i look into the ball and finally see
the sharp deliniations of depressing reality

i eat my first sweet orange in weeks
smile at the jacaranda winking purple at me
through my bedroom window

know there is a God who loves me
who allowed me to exceed my baggage
allowance by 21 kilos without penalty

open my poetry blog
share my innermost thoughts
with the lovelies
who sustain me in the storms
with their warm kind  words

becoming as important
to my well being
as freshly steamed artichokes
with a vinaigrette sauce
crusty baguette, a ripe brie
and a glass of chilled champagne

Haiku Heights

travelling is hard
living out of a suitcase
rummaging for clothes

my things creased and crushed
do i want to return home?
no never ever

i love gypsy life
keeping on travelling on
just a rolling stone

She's Out There Like Smoke

" I never wanted you to be my man
I just need your company
Don't want to be dependent on
Your time or  who you spend it on
Or lose the way you love me
Like smoke I hung around
And be your balance - "

CHORUS...Amy Winehouse




cheers to all of you
kisses to my favourites
and hugs to the rest

For The Weekend

 sunday scribblings, dverse, poets united

Dame Joan Sutherland 1926 - 2010

they don't know
you used to live there
in the old house on queen st
still derelict behind the wall

they rush around
in their 4 wheel drives
always frantic with kids in tow
they walk past it  everyday oblivious
drinking lattes at zigolini

they don't know la stupenda
practised her scales in there
before she got on the bus to
st catherines school and later
in the afternoon wandered down the hill
to swim in the bogey hole at bronte

they don't know
a shrine should be built for you there
to celebrate the 20th century's greatest voice

i buy my fish across the road
three years ago this month you left
i leave a flower on your wall
and still see your dreams smiling
at me through the front gate

i lower my eyes and whisper
thank you for everything




Queen St  Woollahra                                                                            Joan's House
                                                         

Bogey Hole Bronte Beach

                              St Catherines Waverley




Zigolini Queen St Woollahra

3WW



she alleged
she saw a dinosaur
concealed in the bristles
of her toothbrush
i propose a visit to a shrink