HAPPY NEW YEAR

"Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson & His Pops Concert Orchestra

imagine
being happy again
i'm a poet so i can
i'm a poet so i am
Merry Christmas !

GOODBYE IMAGINARY GARDEN WITH REAL TOADS

End Of Year

Bondi Beach



at nightmare year's end
we could sit on bondi beach
wearing our gas masks
to celebrate





OR
we could do a scomo
(our fleet footed prime minister
of the im alright jack and
the rest of you can get stuffed brigade )
and

ESCAPE





to hawaii for a holiday
where the sky is blue
and you can breathe the air




you see this
this piece of coal may kill
you
but not
me
i'm outta here





so long suckers
i'm off to hawaii
thank you jesus

Midweek Motif - Poets United

In The Bleak Midwinter : Choir of Kings College, Cambridge

taking the moment
to wish everyone
a merry christmas
with special thanks
to my blogger friends
for their prayers and support
during this difficult time

“There is a LIGHT in this world. A healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometime lose sight of this force when there is suffering, and too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.”

― Richard Attenborough

Landay Poem

he served her at the check out counter
a young  delightful refugee in need of a chat

twas a large order so there was time
she could see he enjoyed the encounter very much

rude impatient customer complains
her instant rapier response hits the mark hard

dark mutters and murmurs chill the air
they both laugh say goodbye she knows she'll see him again

 Imaginary Garden with Real Toads



Written for Sannas’s prompt ~ May the fire in our hearts keep burning as though there is no end ~ Our challenge is to write a Landay (or a series of Landai) on a subject matter of our liking.
“It’s a traditional Afghan form which consists of a single couplet.
There are nine syllables in the first line and thirteen syllables in the second. These short poems typically address themes of love, grief, homeland, war, and separation.”

Ship Wreck

Pharos ~ The Lighthouse
Kerry O'Connor
@skyloverpoetry



floating in the dark sea
the beam is feint
so far away
but enough to sight a floating log
to cling on  to
to be given a little hope
to know she is cherished
to know she is  not alone

Imaginary Garden with Real Toads  - last post- Toads is closing down.

Red Sails in the Sunset

breathing the air in sydney
is equivalent to smoking
34 cigarettes a day

the blue sky city
no longer

blanketed in toxic smog
a bleak prediction for the summer
not much christmas joy about this year
a pall lies over the mall

nero fiddled
while rome burned
no string accompaniment
for australia's incineration
only hacking coughs and warnings
to stay inside and close your windows-

thirty seven percent of the fires
are deliberately lit
change of law needed
to impose harsh sentences on arsonists
regardless of age

a change is as good as a holiday
don't think so!
winter escapees would be advised
to rethink the burning brown land
as a summer holiday destination

Midweek Motif - Poets United


Just landed in Sydney for an overnight stop before I head back to London and WOW!!! The sky is yellow with bush fire smoke, the city is choking right now. I've never seen anything like this before!
joel speed




(This photo was taken at 4pm, it's 33C outside, it should be bright sun ) – at Sydney Airport (SYD)



 

 Bondi Beach