Granny Pants

a moment of truth
granny pants are really comfy

beyond a certain age
every woman wears these passion killers
but will deny it

even under threat of torture
or
pain of death

Midweek Motif  Poets United

Haiku Horizons

parsimony
bring your own everything
north shore parties


A SYDNEY STEREOTYPE SURVEY

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/524-here-be-bogans-four-miniatures-of-sydney-stereotypes







according to the eastern suburbs stereotype
i live in an enlightenment area

according to the inner west stereotype
i live in a bourgeoise pigs area

according to the shire stereotype
i live  in the satan area

according to the north shore stereotype
i live in the wankers and queens area

STARGAZING

Woohoo ! Last night, more than forty thousand  dinkum Aussies broke the Guinness Book of Records





They got together in different locations all over the country, took photos of the night sky and found two super novas. Usually one is only found every century. They were blessed with favourable conditions,a clear bright cold sky. No one really knows how old the universe is or if indeed it  has an age at all. The universe is ascertained by scientists to be over 15 billion years old and the Aussie effort has found information that makes  it  another 533 million  years older than we thought it was.




See that small dot just below the larger dot in the centre? That's the second confirmed supernova spotted by citizen scientists during Stargazing Live.


who knows the true age
maybe the secrets will
never be revealed

imagine the possibility of
an unscientific phenomenon
called God

a concept where time
age and earthly constraints
are irrelevant




what we do know is
we've polluted the universe
with space junk already










Heeding Haiku Wth Chevrefeuille - MLMM

Haiku Horizons

no matter how small
plants make good companions
mine like mozart

For The Weekend - Royal Wedding: Teenage cellist celebrated for powerful performance at ce...

The Bogey Hole Bronte Beach

Cinquain

bronte
the bogey hole
childhood summers spent there
on my swan float it seemed so big 
back then

Happiness

HAPPINESS IS

watching the wild waves
thundering on the pool
covered in fizz froth
dangerous and wonderful




a cactus garden in the bush
statuesque with lethal spikes
outback sentinels




flowers in jugs
chinese fans
colourful kitchen clutter
a minimalist's  trauma





butterfly cakes
for afternoon tea
on a rainy day
reading a good book
in bed

happiness is
writing and sharing poetry
we are showered with gifts
we are truly blessed


Midweek Motif - Poets United

Spring Chickens - We Are Not

spring time has long gone
replaced by the cosy warmth
of our autumn years

Haiku Horizons

For The Weekend - My One and Only Love - Jamie Davis / Benet McLean

Rainfall

large plops of  rain
fall on sizzled parched earth
the skies open
torrential rain pelts down
like golf balls hitting the tin roof
the drought breaks
trees and plants breathe a huge sigh of relief
fat bellied frogs in chorus croak in shrills
the tanks fill up to overflow
woohoo full baths tonight

Midweek Motif  - Poets United

Train Trip

awash with piss
rivers ran through corridors
thank god for platform shoes





i had no idea
how useful these platform shoes
would be in asia




i can only dream
of a train experience
of this type

porter bringing
breakfast on a silver tray
with flars




the train trip to northern nsw
was never quite like this though
there was a table cloth (plastic)




a little rugged
oz outback railway stations
something challenging




the desert is vast
take lots of gin a good book
nice  companion even better






a novel idea
if you have a well padded bottom
you may prefer the camel train




train porters in oz
wave the passengers farewell
very friendly service

Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille - MLMM

For The Weekend

Haibun

the man with the voice of an angel
from wollongong nsw
a steel works town

vince (no angel)
taught himself the trumpet
no formal lessons
in his own words
he has been married to music for 35 years
popular in europe and japan
but no sell out concerts here

gems don't flourish here
their shine appreciated
by  pearls elsewhere

First Love

she still remembers
her world bursting into sunshine
when he asked her out

Carpe Diem Romancing Haiku #3
Haiku Horizons

Midweek Motif - Poets United

autumn
no more ocean swimming for me
i will sit on the sand with the gulls
and wait impatiently for the spring
the young surfers brave it all year round
but this sack of brittle bones is forced
to be more prudent now



one cannot ocean swim in north east  tropical oz
infested with microscopic jelly fish
(with beautiful portugese names that
i can never remember )
they will kill you stone dead in seconds
miles of magnificent  white sandy beaches
remain empty


mission beach north Queensland

everyone swims in the hotel pools
for a good reason

each season has its beauty but
i would happily forego the contrast of
woolly socks log fires fur rugs and mugs of hot cocoa
for an endless summer
the overwhelmingly immature in me
would like it all year round



i would trade places with anyone living
in the tropics  just for the next 5 months
 

Carpe Diem (kikobun) # 1419

she saw the roses
in the waste paper bin
seemed a shame
to leave them lying there
she tried to remember
when someone had given her flowers
'twas too long ago
she would have liked to have  taken them home
but they could be jinxed
the last thing she needed was
to bring even more unhappiness
into the house

she loved red roses
no- one gave her flowers
others throw them out