Consistency and Doors
Consistency and Doors
Should my versing rhymes
Consistent always be
Verse construct the same each time
Trochee start e.g ?
Will mixing round iambs, trochees
Cause readers go amuck
And throw hands up frustrated
Exclaiming “What the fuck!” ?
Don you've just gone disobeyed
What you've said before
The eff word you would never use
Get out, go, there's ...
Thursday 31st October 2019 6:13 am
Ruined, But We're Still Around
Ruined, But We're Still Around
Industrial revolution ruined us
With motor cars and planes
Followed by the radio
Then television pains
Music then did ruin us
Rock and roll (aghast)
Beatles and the Rolling Stones
Music of our past
With all the damage that's been done
It's lucky we're still here
Inventions of no use to us
Quickly disappear
In...
Wednesday 30th October 2019 5:46 am
Sir Les Patterson on Joan Collins
Sir Les Patterson on Joan Collins
Sir Les is from Australia
Knighted, rough, and ready
He mixes with celebrities
And all stuff that is heady
He had a poor upbringing
Manners suffered so
Born with teeth not quite in place
His spit was forced to show
Despite all of his problems
He has a heart of gold
But tends to leave his interviewers
Want time-del...
Tuesday 29th October 2019 7:40 am
Above the Parapet
Above the Parapet
I'll stand above the parapet
And say my honest bit
Don't care what others think of me
Don't care if thrown shit
I don't believe in being
Quiet on such things
Things of such importance
Someone must 'come out', bring....
Awareness of such issues
We cannot hide, ignore
Pretend that they will go away
Exist not anymore
So thro...
Monday 28th October 2019 6:19 am
The Little Rhymer
The Little Rhymer
I am a little rhymer
As happy as can be
I eat my words for breakfast
And different ones for tea
I'm learning from the Masters
How to rhymy be
Shakespeare, Yates and Ogden
Nash and Emily...
Who was a rhyming genius
Used slant rhymes cleverly
I've yet to master slant-like rhymes
A learner still I be
I need to climb this rhy...
Sunday 27th October 2019 8:24 am
Don't Let Thoughts Go (Poof!) Fly 'Way
Don't Let Thoughts Go (Poof!) Fly 'Way
Poets need to write down thoughts
From mind while neurons grind
Don't let them go (poof!) fly away
You may lose them - not find
A neuron nudges you at night
Wake up!, go write this down
You could get Poem of the Week
Wake up! Don't yawn! Write down!
Surprise, surprise, I told you so
You're Poet of the Week
Now a...
Saturday 26th October 2019 7:09 am
Floating On A Raft
Floating On A Raft
I've been in WOL a year now
Survived brimstone and fire
It's made me fitter, stronger
No way I'll skip, retire
Why do I like this platform?
'Cause I can ply my craft
Sometimes it comes out serious
Sometimes it comes out daft
Variety's the spice of life
Serious, comic, daft
I have all three-type poems
Riding on a raft...
...
Friday 25th October 2019 7:52 am
Bait
Bait
I've laid my bait, (now dangling)
Dangling in the site
Waiting for some drifters
Who might pass by and bite
Some might bite, say tasty
Some might hesitate
Some unsure of what's inside
Hiding, what's my fate ?
(Thalia: He's harmless. All show....)
Yes Thalia, my Muse of Mirth
A show with fun and games
There's too much doom and gloom on si...
Thursday 24th October 2019 7:18 am
Poetic Cud
Poetic Cud
My poetry is different
At times it's rather strange
When breaking all poetic rules
You could say I'm off-range
Why must I be conventional
It is not in my blood
Don't want to go recycle
Some old poetic cud
My lines they can be cryptic
Read in them what you may
I will be unconventional
And say what I will say
Don Matthews
July...
Wednesday 23rd October 2019 8:53 am
My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry
My Second Adventure Into New-Age Poetry
(I have posed important questions we all need to ponder in this day of hither-thither rush.
Read and be blessed)
You and I are travellers of the multiverse.
The goal of sub-atomic particles is to plant the seeds of passion rather than greed. Today, science tells us that the essence of nature is energy.
The cosmos is calling to you v...
Tuesday 22nd October 2019 6:40 am
I am a SORTA Poet
I am a SORTA Poet
I am a SORTA poet
This genre you've not heard?
Created in my madcap mind
Every single word
Graham invented QUINCANT
Created in his mind
Deep research, invent required
For this genre to find
Ruth and Rose and dk
Mae and Nigel too
Genre trawling, off you go
(Boing, boing, kangaroo)
(BBK is a famous line from one of my SORTA...
Monday 21st October 2019 6:54 am
Why Is He Posting So Early?
Why Is He Posting So Early?
(Posted 3.19am)
Why is he posting so early?
It's not his usual slot
It seems his routine's out of kilter
Routine's gone, all shot
You're right my routine's out of kilter
Won't be home at 4
Out electric bluesing
Dancing round the floor
My interest in electric blues
I guess you didn't know?
Wailing guitar, bending notes
...Sunday 20th October 2019 3:19 am
A Bold Red
A Bold Red
“This is really bold
A dense ball of black fruit
with dark roasted spice notes
Deepening into a whirlpool
of black soy-like inkiness,
bitumen and molasses
You get the picture”
Actually I don't
And despite 175 years in the making
and $1,500 a bottle....
...I'm not likely to
Don Matthews October 2019
Saturday 19th October 2019 6:50 am
Intention
Intention
It's not my intention
To lie in convention
I'm going to stand up
And be me
It's not my intention
To lie in convention
I'm going to stand up
And be free
(Don Matthews July 2017 Poet in Training)
“The 'normal' person is what is left after society has
squeezed all unconventional opinions and
aspirations out of a human being”
...
Friday 18th October 2019 8:36 am
I Miss My Corner Grocery Shop
I Miss My Corner Grocery Shop
I miss my corner grocery shop
Where I could stop and chat
Gone, bulldozed, replaced with flats
And that my friend is that
Gone, my friendly corner shop
These flats don't stop and chat
Gone is idle conversation
And that my friend is that
But wait, a supermarket's come
Has groceries on tap
But conversations are not sold
...Thursday 17th October 2019 8:18 am
Edna (Stavely Makepeace 1970)
English Coventry band Stavely Makepeace recorded 'Edna' in 1970. Several members then went on to become Lieutenant Pigeon, recording 'Mouldy Old Dough'
Edna are twin sisters
Edna I and 2
Charlestoning with boa
Yodelay ee oo
Dancing round (all black and white)
Edna 1 and 2
Taddish mad (but all great fun)
There should be more like you
Don Matthews October 20...
Wednesday 16th October 2019 8:46 am
Climate Activists – Don't Disrupt Us
Climate Activists – Don't Disrupt Us
(True story. We have shut down our coal-fired power station)
Climate activists here in my city
Are causing disruptions all round
We've already reduced our emissions
We've closed our efficient power supply down
We're paying for the cost of this closure
With outages of power cut at will
Disrupting daily life when this happe...
Tuesday 15th October 2019 8:34 am
Thalia and I
Thalia and I
Thalia's my Muse of Mirth
We met when she toured WOL
Looking for a matching mate
Someone she could control
(It might rhyme Don
but you know that's not true.....)
I want to please the lady
I need her oh so much
We're sorting out our differences
A give and take of such
Like any new relationship
Things do go up and down
But if yo...
Monday 14th October 2019 7:12 am
You Must Believe the Bible Son
You Must Believe the Bible Son
(Being Sunday I thought this appropriate. A true story about me)
When I was just a little boy
My daddy said to me
You must believe the Bible son
Yes daddy, I see
When I was just a teenager
I went to 'varsity
They taught me how to question things
Question you and me
My father was a preacher
You see where this is headed?
...Sunday 13th October 2019 6:10 am
Moonwalk Oops
Moonwalk Oops
Preamble
(This actually happened. Someone somewhere along the line forgot to to flip the switch. Heard a whisper that Australian tracking station had something to do with it. Of course, I don't believe a word of it....)
The world sat on edge watching telly
For Neil's one step/giant leap mankind
Handheld TV camera at ready
To broadcast event as unwinds
...Saturday 12th October 2019 7:17 am
Sitting Reading Paper (not another Brexit poem Don? Surely?)
Sitting Reading Paper (not another Brexit poem Don? Surely?)
The person under news-hat
Is not a chick, it's me
Look closely at my arms and
Big biceps you will see
(Cleared that up. Now to continue....)
I'm sitting reading paper
10,000 miles away
Boris playing Brexit
UK don't look OK
UK'ers you are on
The doorstep, (which I'm not)
Solution? Ho...
Friday 11th October 2019 8:19 am
Willy-Nilly : Words of Wisdom
Willy-Nilly : Words of Wisdom
I would encourage all of you
To exercise your mind
Creating words of wisdom
Nonsensically inclined
Someone in our past
Their mind attuned to silly
Took a lot of effort
To think up willy-nilly
I do admit at times
I am a little silly
But no way am I smart enough
To think up silly-billy
Don Matthews November 2018
...Thursday 10th October 2019 7:29 am
Floccipaucinihilipilification
Floccipaucinihilipilification
This word it really does exist
Google it, you'll see
A noun derived from Latin in
The 18th Century
It means the action/habit of
Estimating something worthless
So applying my great estim. skills
I estim this poem's worthless
Don Matthews August 2019
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Wednesday 9th October 2019 6:29 am
Climate Hysteria is Spreading – Helped Along by Eco-Messiah Greta Thunberg
Climate Hysteria is Spreading – Helped Along by Eco-Messiah Greta Thunberg
Climate hysteria is spreading
Reason will soon be extinct
Indisputable facts they don't matter
To alarmists and journalists (both linked)
Journalists interviewing alarmists
Don't ask for their evidence, the facts
So all blindly believe in these catastrophists
Then rise up, join forces to ac...
Tuesday 8th October 2019 6:41 am
Idle Chit Chat from a Walkabout Mind
Idle Chit Chat from a Walkabout Mind
I'm sitting in Hillbillys
My Thalia, Muse of Mirth
Watching over shoulder as
I write these gems of worth
(Or rubbish....)
There's one thing I enjoy 'bout this
Keyboarding all my thoughts
'Lectronically to my hard drive
From where they're held tight, caught....
Till when I choose, release them
From hard drive ...
Monday 7th October 2019 6:34 am
Announcement to Parents by Chairman WOL Kiddie Kindergarten
Announcement to Parents by Chairman WOL Kiddie Kindergarten
Chairman:........The recent launch of our Kiddie Kindergarten was a huge success
despite phone calls from a few worried parents
It seems their children were skipping around singing 'Jack and Jill
went up the hill, Jack got there and went up Jill'
...Sunday 6th October 2019 8:39 am
Haiku – White Screen
Haiku – White Screen
Admiring white screen
Product of many hours work
Am pleased with result
Don Matthews June 2019
Saturday 5th October 2019 7:30 am
Headachey Makey
Headachey Makey
I've writ this poem 'bout Emily
Dickinson I mean
It's causing me great problems
Like others will have been
Her effect on me is worrying
It's giving me headachey
But I will persevere, I will
Despite headachey makey
Now Emily would never stoop
To all such grimey rhymey
But I am just a learning poet
Firing up on winey
Don Matt...
Friday 4th October 2019 9:43 am
The Poet and The Politician
The Poet and The Politician
What are you doing poet
Standing on your roof ?
Waxing loud and lyrical
My answer to you's 'poof'
But politician on your throne
We put you there on trust
Why aren't you paying attention ?
Our planet's going bust
I'm making lots of money
Got people in my pocket
No way I'm gonna rock my boat
My comfy boat, why rock it?
PostScript
The only w...
Thursday 3rd October 2019 9:05 am
Waymo, Skippy and Driverless Car Week
Waymo, Skippy and Driverless Car Week
(Ruth O'Reilley has made a sterling contribution to Driverless Car Week with 'Invisible Driver'. Here is my contribution.
The test run video was taken in my hometown (Adelaide) with Premier and top brass present. Skippy agreed to act as the target, ...err, pedestrian. He was a little nervous but was assured the driverless car was 100% foolproof. Tr...
Wednesday 2nd October 2019 8:42 am
Explains My Person
Explains My Person
Explains my person
Explains my write
Explains my shitty
Explains my bite
Explains my serious
Explains my comic
What rhymes with comic?
(Can only think Tomic)
Explains my mind-race
Explains sidetrack me
Explains lack of self-disc
(I'm mixed as can be)
I'm diagnosed manic
Explains last three verses
Brings flashes of ...
Tuesday 1st October 2019 8:34 am
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