Relationship Decay

Preamble

My inner demons caused a trainwreck.  Recovery is underway.

I feel I'm sort of different

Different from the rest

I have these inner demons

Simmering in my chest

My problem is not demons

As you might rightly say

It's controlling them, preventing

Relationship decay

One feels safe exposing

To ones chosen friends

Wh...

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Chautauqua We Salute You

Preamble

Chautauqua is an Australian racehorse.  The team said he was the smartest horse they'd ever trained and he was putting one over them. Repeatedly.  He could do the impossible and possessed a freakish ability to win when he shouldn't

Chautauqua was a really good racehorse

Who for some reason just refused to run

Unlike the great hero Pharlap

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EditCage Fighting. All Good Fun

There's just been a cage fight in LA

Where one man gets beat to the ground

Men, women and children did watch it

Good fun folks, entertainment all round

Then something went wrong, rather badly

One fighter jumped out of the cage

Attacking opponents sitting ringside

Flying all sitting round to a rage

Brawls broke out inside and...

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Australia's Youth Mental Health Crisis

There's a youth mental health crisis in Australia

Record levels of severe psychological distress

Suicides increasing not dropping

We do have a situation, a mess

Normal worries are partly responsible

Moving school to a university

Plus challenges involved in leaving home

All bring future uncertainty

Sleep time is being ...

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We Hear Your Protest Poet

What's the use of protest

In my poetry

It won't make any difference

I'm not naïve, you see

People have their minds set

On what they want to do

My verse it will not change them

Neither will yours too

They might consider what we

Think before they act

But change their minds we hope to?

We're wasting time. A fact.

Tak...

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Yes, These Words I Wrote

_e_friend has

p, n lost

But at what

What a cost?

Once we wrote

With pen and ink

Now it's all

Gone down the sink

Art of letter

Writing's dead

Down the wire

Quick, done, said

Makes me sad

This is dead

Written letters

Which we read

No more time

To relax

Now we're pushed

To the max

We ...

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Social Media. Swimming Pools. Toddlers.

A Deadly Combination

Preamble

My writings range from serious to comic. This one however  is deadly serious.  The videos at the end make my point.

Parents are meant to be actively

Supervising their toddlers in pools

Instead they are watching social media

On Iphones, to which I do say “You fools”

Children are drowning fr...

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Pink and Black Font – Sorted

We have a big problem today

Which news is true, which is fake

Well here is a solution to solve it

One which I think takes the cake

Have two fonts on all social media

One for news-true, one for fake

Two different colours and styles

Which now I'll describe how to make

Verified news like the BBC

Could be Georgia, authoritative ...

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Preamble

This true event happened in Adelaide 1934

The Resurrection of Joseph Murrell Lambert 1934

Let me tell you 'bout a strange story

A mayor elected 1934

Who died signing cheques just a month in

After beginning his long-awaited tour

No mayoral photo had been taken

Causing problems to everyone all round

They wondered how this could be sorted

How coul...

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Gotta Fin and Pass

I'm gonna write a poem

One that's kinda funny

From my large vast rhyming bank

(Which one day will make money)

What was I gonna write about?

Damn! I gone forgot

I'm told it's kinda common

They call it writers block

You'll note I'm using street language

Cos poem's not high class

Would not get past Brian Maryon

I gotta fin, and pas...

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Flip-Flop Fly Swat

A new product has come on the market

One which gave me a surprise

My flip-flops are no longer needed

Cos this product, it opened my eyes

Throw away my flip-flops they did tell me

You won't need to wear them no more

Recycle them as perfect fly swatters

Our product's arrived on your shore

Have I got you all interested

and hooked there ?

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Learning to Jive with Gina

Preamble

This week's theme is dancing so thought I'd take some lessons from Gina, my cloned sis for Tina, whom Brian created.  He started this whole thing off. There is no excuse.  I lay all the blame fully at his feet.

I wanna get up on the dance floor

I wanna get up, groove and jive

So thought I'd go take me some lessons

In order me not to d...

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Sexism. Racism. I'm Sick of these Words

We're all from the same species, humans

Who cares what gender you or I are

Who cares if you're black, white or brindle

As long as you're good and you care

Don Matthews October 2018

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Politicians Praying. Instead of Acting

What would Jesus do?

This is a simple question

How often is it asked

By our politicians?

The Jesus that I know

Would not approve today

Australia's government siding

With schools rejecting kids who are gay

Politicians have the power to change

Without asking for help 'from above'

To me it's an excuse, just a cop-...

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A Bloody Disgrace

For the past 17 years in Australia

We've loaded tampons with a tax

They've been classed as a 'luxury item'

(I don't even know what to say about that...)

How bloody unfair was this situation

When condoms and Viagra were tax-free

Women had no choice in getting periods

So why should they be slugged 'cause they're 'she'?

When the law was firs...

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A Trap of Life

Preamble

I fell into this trap a few days ago prompting me to write this

How easy is it to fall

Into a trap of life?

You get so involved within yourself

And forget another's strife

You forget the value of empathy

In strengthening human ties

And stay within your own cocoon

Concocting excuses, lies

Don Matthews October 2018

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Our Aussie Newsreader Natasha

Our Aussie newsreader Natasha

Her amusing reaction when caught

Brought smiles to thousands of Australians

And afterwards did not seem distraught

Now some people think she was fired

But don't panic she still has her job

But was told not to try using lipstick

While the cameraman was changing the knob

Don Matthews October 2018

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Do You Share My Problem?

Do you share my problem?

Readers of my rhyme

Ideas they keep on spilling in

Spilling all the time

Trouble is I can't

Filter what I see

I want to grasp all good ideas

That pass in front of me

This causes me frustration

Plagues me constantly

I guess this is my penalty

For writing poetry

Don Matthews October 2018

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Preamble 

This Saturday's Rhymers Club theme  is about weddings.  Brian is otherwise engaged so I have agreed to rent him some space.

My Very Disjointed Theme Contribution (by Don Matthews)

This week's theme is weddings

Cos weddings in the air

Which sorta gives me problems

Forgotten I was there

Now do not get me wrong

I'm married, still attached

It's just ...

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Ing in Overtime

Yes I have a problem

What? What is it this time?

My mind it keeps on travel-

Ing in overtime

I have another problem

What? Say it isn't rhyme

No, it's just my mind goes motor-

Ing in overtime

I keep on getting problems

What? Too much fuel this time?

Yes, my mind just won't stop rocket-

Ing in overtime

When will I not get pro...

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The Fallen Arch

I look upon the fallen arch

The human waste of war

The names etched out within the stone

Say what was this all for ?

But while I disagree with war

The matter is complex

Some do not seem to reason things

But act by pure reflex

I don't think we will ever solve

This problem we call war

While fear and greed inside us breed

Two things w...

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Clutter Haiku

If you buy books on

How to declutter you are

Adding to clutter

Don Matthews  October 2018

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Service Has Gone Down the Gurgler

Service has gone down the gurgler

Petrol station forecourts are gone

Fill up your car by yourself chum

Watch it go in till it's done

Car registration's online now

Or queue up in person all day

They won't put more staff on to help you

They want you online, go away

The final insult comes on having

To book hospital admissi...

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I'm Skilling Up On This Difficult Genre

Writing nonsense poetry's not easy

It takes a lot of time and great skill

It's not just like throwing words together

Like I'm Jack, and this is my Jill

You'll be pleased to hear I'm hard at work practising

My skill with this difficult genre

Fellow poets are giving me encouragement

With pats on the back and “good onya”

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Lower the Pass Mark - Sorted

Preamble

Rhymers Club theme this week is on winning and losing. Here is my attempt

Education standards are falling, due I feel, to a gradual lowering of pass marks. Correct me if I'm wrong but school funding depends on the number of successful students passing through. No students, no funding. Lowering pass marks ensures successful student flow retained h...

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Again and Again and Again

This poem you are currently reading

Will give you ideas of how much

I practice my alliteration

To keep my mind tuned and in touch

I can't go get ruined and rusty

Like rust buckets left in the rain

But alliteration can be thrashed too much

Like again and again and again

Don Matthews September 2018

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What's Going On? : An Adelaide Cinquain a la DM

Preamble

About a hundred years ago American poet Adelaide Crapsey created a 5-line verse called a cinquain (cin-cain) with line syllable count 2-4-6-8-2. She was inspired by haiku and tanka.

I have taken a light-hearted approach to her creation. I hope she would smile in approval.

I'm look

ing at my key

board and...

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Who Holds My Key?

Poetry it offers

A device for my mind

To trawl round inside me

Spill out what it finds

I give my mind freedom

Unleash it to go mine

And bring back to my keyboard

Which I type in and sign

Who controls this poetry?

Me? Or my mind?

Who controls my poems?

Even though I've signed

I let my mind do what it likes

But one thing...

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Newsreaders

A TV channel here

Has told newsreaders to

Make their voice more grandiose

Like American readers do

But American readers seem

To shout their news and views

Confusing loud declamatory

With simple informed news

Don Matthews September 2018

https://youtu.be/PStpvviPgxk

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Leopard Kill

Leopards are beautiful animals

Preservation's where we're putting our skill

So why is a USA woman

Showing off her proud leopard kill?

The picture appeared on social media

And went viral all round the world

The outrage was loud and wide-spoken

At such no-care attitude unfurled

Don Matthews September 2018

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