AUGUST 1922 - 2022

august

you are finally here

four weeks till spring

100 years ago

these kids

would not have been swimming

down under

too cold

it's our last month of winter

not sure about the bonnets either

Sunday Muse # 221

very eccentric  glam femme

federico fan

gelato conoisseur 

swans about in the trevi fountain

rescued by charming real estate agent

parties with nuns

and hot polish poet/ construction workers

under the tuscan sun 

was never like this pour moi

i got stung by a bee in florence

can't  really make a movie about that

 

 

Whirligig # 381

 WORDLE

 

marmalade boy dreams he can smell sardines\

 dreams broken by the noise

of torrential rain 

washing down the window

water water everywhere

he yawns and stretches 

she feels like going out dancing

 looks in the mirror

 no point in deluding herself

she may be a clever little thing

but will never dance like  Kylie Minogue

 

 

 

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from Jae Rose, who blogs here: Jae Rose. smell, mirror, noise, window, yawn, stretch, dream, water, rain, wash, clever, self

J. S. Bach: BWV 864 (maggio 2022)

Sacred Glimmers....Earthweal Weekly Challenge

 

 three talented  kids

having the courage

to sing wonderful nerdy songs

 grandparents would love

i would adopt all three

 

 

 

 three bunches

for the price of one

sacred glimmers

in the supermarket

 

 

it's sunday

no one's swimming in my

bogey hole

good

one of the rocks has a big smile

one of the few constants 

in my life

my nana told me it keeps the

sharks away

my nana knew everything 

 

 

 the soft dreamy gaze of 

 beautiful marmalade boy

a serious cuddlepuss

no need for an electric blanket

two forlorn little sprouts

determined  interlopers

an onion

and a fish fern

they are both very welcome

 

 

Sunday Muse # 220

 

so cheap....a bargain

just needs a coat of paint

the agent said

and a life time's worth of work

she discovered

 

goodness

you're very trim for your age

the doctor said

you must work out at a gym a lot

yeah sure

Whirligig # 380

 WORDLE

 

once ecstatic

to feel the warmth of  a few small sunbeams

the northern hemisphere

this summer sizzles

burns in wild fire flames 

no air con in homes

no shade trees to cool the edges

the voice of climate change

rings out loud and clear

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from Locust by Leonora Seyer : hot, cool, air, ecstatic, voice, tree, small, edge, sizzles, burn, flame, sunbeams

 

 

Chortles and Guffaws

A well known journalist who writes a regular column in the Australian Women's Weekly has published a letter she received from her Mum when she was living in London.many years ago. She is a Canadian but has been living in Oz since the 60s
She writes
I still have the letter my mum wrote to me from Canada after I told her I'd met the man who would become MOTH (the man of the house) We met in London and I wasn't going home I was going to Sydney

 " Dear Patty

Thank you for your newsy letter. I have heard of people coming from Australia but not of anyone going there. I hope it is safe. Be careful and always speak slowly and clearly. Wear the maple leaf pin I gave you when you go outside dear. Otherwise people will think you're American.I love you and miss you
Mum

PS
What does his father do?"


a good hearty laugh
gives respite
from a mad mad world
times have changed
folks no longer think
aussies are a dangerous bunch
of monosyllabic cretins
( well i hope not anyway)
LOL

OPEN LINK WEEKEND # 128

 

 

 

Earthweal Weekly Challenge....In the Wake of Progress

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/21/weather.architecture 

 

anyone heard of floating homes

for flood prone areas?

holland has

no mention of it at all

here in oz

are we going to pretend

that the weather patterns will return to normal?

it's not one of our native birds

but we have plenty of ostriches down under 

Barry Ross Smith

 SYDNEY

this is why you live here

you used to be able to do this

 all year round

boasting

no need for an overcoat

no need for an umbrella

our british cousins

flock here to live

to escape their awful weather

( sorry chaps! )

oh well

i saw a whale  at the beach yesterday

my  heart soared a little 

 

 ..............................................................

 

 i have seen

 houses

furniture

walls

garden structures

 

 all built

from used tyres

and looking fabulous 

there are

endless uses

for these  tyres

 

 

roads and biodiesel fuel can also be made from tyres

 

RECYCLING

is creative

fun

 

wonderfully challenging

aesthetically pleasing

RECYCLING

is one of the solutions

for saving our planet

SUNDAY MUSE # 219...EARTHWEAL OLW # 127

 

 REMEMBERING Beverley Crawford

February 13, 1934---July15, 2022

 

 i light a candle for Bev

to say goodbye

RIP dear Beverley

may the angels wrap

 you in their wings

on your journey to the 

eternal light

your fine poems and

 cheeky humour will be missed

love from all of us

in the poetry world

Carpe Diem Haiku Kai # 1363

 

 

 

 

thousand orange leaves
counting my blessings every day -
I light a candle

© Chèvrefeuille (2014)

 

thousand orange leaves
crumpled and burnt by the sun
a hot summer this year

counting my blessings everyday
no matter how bad things get
others are worse off

i light a candle
for the few who have been kind to me
God bless them

 

AN EAR FOR WILD LANGUAGE

song birds abound

down here

awakened every morning

by  the currawongs

a nice start

before watching

 the bad news of the day

 

 

 

 butcher birds

part of the drama queen  bird brigade

of  screeching cockatoos and laughing  kookaburras

always rattling on about something or other

sing different songs in different regions

it's possible that this constant caterwauling

has forged the australian identity

bird songs trapped in the national psyche

 

 one needs an ear for wild language

and wild everything

especially if you live

down under

Friday Writings # 35

Poets and Story Tellers United

 

EARTHWEAL WEEKLY CHALLENGE

Sunday Muse # 218

 

sherry is going to be so annoyed

 i only brought one designer shoe home

she likes a pair

it's her birthday so i may have to return

to get the other if i can avoid the dog catcher

she is out again

another night alone

i keep the home fires burning

waiting

waiting

waiting

if she brings home another cat

i am leaving

boris johnson said

i look like a letter box

so sherry got him fired

no worries

i'm getting him back

he wont be tinkling

these  very expensive ivories for a while

happy birthday dear sherry

from your devoted canine friends

hope you enjoy the party

we invited the cat

but he was feeling unwell

 

 

bloody dogs

have done a putin poison job

on the cat biscuits

again

Open Link Weekend # 126

Julian Assange

there was a blonde kid

called julian

angelic quiet type

never a hooligan

found often deep in thought

didn't like sport

captain of the village school

top student and no ones fool

so how did this gentle boy from the bush 

become americas number one scapegoat

pursued and hunted for the rest of his life

to be tortured and suffer such awful strife 

for whistle blowing and telling the truth

a sad sad story  of wasted youth

 

https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/julian-assange-is-being-crucified-for-our-sins,

Wild Stillness

 the stillness of the soul

a great weapon in the arsenal

fighting fit to win

against the odds

stay calm

think french 

read the psalms

be still

and know that I am God

 

 

 

ROLL ON AUGUST

SHADORMA

 counting down

the days until spring

8 long weeks

cannot wait

winter woes and rainy days

 go away begone