Cinquain / Shadorma

sometimes
we need good news
mum survived the bush fires
her joey may survive summer
with luck

here soon
time flies quickly
seasons merge - in six weeks
summer fire season will begin
in spring 

blue skies
i treasure them 
last summer there were none
windows closed and smoke everywhere
nightmare

it' s been a
mild winter so far
pandemic
under wraps
for a while before it spreads
like everywhere else

our bears
will be okay
if la nina arrives
forecast says she will this summer
who knows


as for you
please stay safe for me
i need you
to keep me
strong- going on -here's lookin'
at you lovely one

Writers Pantry #28

Writers Pantry # 26 PSU

Approximately 3,000 residents live in the nine public housing estates across Flemington and North Melbourne.(ABC News)

The residents are being told to stay in nine Melbourne public housing estates for at least five days. Police will be stationed on each floor to prevent them from leaving.Other apartment blocks in the same postal codes which ARE IN LOCK DOWN due to corona virus,  will not be subjected to this rigorous internment with a police presence ...only public housing residents.





little boxes
crammed together
little boxes made of ticky tacky
little boxes
little boxes
piled up high to the sky

they're called towers
for the losers
for the old folk
for the mental folk
little boxes
little boxes
where they all  go insane

then the cops come
guard the exits
lock them all up
in their little traps
and the refugees
and the old ones
flip out
yet once again

they remember
comrade pol pot
josef stalin
and the taliban
and they came here
to escape that
but  it's  here yet
once again

so the message is
and will always be
never fall into poverty
cos the world just don't  like it
and they'll make you pay again

To the tune of Little Boxes by Pete Seeger

Weekly Scribblings # 26

sleeping
on the pavement
in the depths of winter
what kind of people allow this
our kind

we cry
when the dog dies
when koalas get burnt
but for the visible homeless
no tears

A Tanka Of Sorts

gasp and shock horror
a vegetarian meets
his future wife's folks
must be hiding his sharp horns
pitchfork and long tail



not always easy
cultural diversity
can come at a cost
true love never runs smoothly
with disapproving in laws

Writers Pantry #26

Cinquain

say cheese
another  gift
in spite of everything
you and i are much more than just
good friends

Writers Pantry   # 25

Shadorma

when all fails
i take to my bed
with  schumann
hug him tight
sink into the soft fur rug
and stay there for days

Weekly Scribblings # 24...when all else fails

To Be Continued

poor moose
had dreams 
of sailing away
like so many

alas
his destiny
as a coat hanger
or a mantlepiece decoration
was inevitable

few escape

predestined
by rank
by race
by gender
and most importantly
by wealth
slots us
into the prevailng pecking order
cogs in a wheel
and so it went
and so it goes

until that fateful day
when
mr g reaper teamed up with
madam c virus and ...

(to be continued)

 Sunday Muse # 112