Brian Has Gone A'Cycling

Brian has gone a'cycling

Somewhere near the coast

He won't now be a'spidering

Over all my post

Now Brian is very clever

He noticed that my frown

Was really just a smile

But simply upside-down

When I did first meet Brian

(via my screen I mean)

His picture really scared me

What the hell's this mean?

Did WOL allow suc...

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You're a Mixed Bag.. But I Like You

Since I've arrived at WOL

I've made some new-found friends

To share my verse and thoughts with

Now won't go round the bend

You know that I write serious

And also play with fun

But sometimes there's a mixup -

They all spill out as one

So please be patient, listen

While I go and rehearse

Some lines encapsulating

O...

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Australian Sharks, Dorsal Beer Chests and Fosters Beer

Preamble

Prompted by Colin Hill and Brian Maryon

I'm just a learning poet

A poet in progress

If I make mistakes

Forgive. I'm under stress

Colin, Brian you've challenged me

To rhyme about our sharks

Who carry with them Fosters

Do I hear 'what the fark?'

(this is a clean rhyme...

please ref...

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Have Tornado. Need Rope

My mind's like a mixed up tornado

Not knowing which direction to go

Direct it for good don and watch what

Your planted thoughts how they could grow

Don't direct it to gloom and depression

There's too much already to cope

I'll generate smiles on WOL readers

I'm just needing plenty of rope

I know you can push to the limit

Your driv...

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Preamble

Our car industry has recently shut down.  I have based this on a letter to our local paper.

Letter to the Editor

A Letter to the Editor has raised

A question we all should go ponder

As to whether high wages causes shutdowns

Of operations in action. I wonder?

A certain MP she has claimed

High wages put our motor trade in the bin

So following on fro...

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Don and Brian's Car Problem

Our Brian had a problem

About a poor white car

Which parked in front of his house

His view out of did mar

Instead of getting agitate

And getting in a twist

He could have gone and asked

What's up ? I'm getting pissed

But no, our Brian he stayed in

And pondered this and that

From his windowed bedside

While on and off he s...

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I Can Write Serious I Can Write Fun

I can write serious

I can write fun

Follow me down

Till this poem's done

Always be careful

What you will say

It might come back

To bite you some day

Damage that's done

Is never forgotten

Can turn relationships

Sour and rotten

I can use rhyme

For having some fun

Or go deadly serious

As this one h...

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Wandering Wondering Thoughts

My thoughts they wander round and round

And never do abate

They wonder what I'll do with them

And what will be their fate

They wonder if they might become

Jewels within a crown

Or discards on my mind-dump

And never more abound

Don Matthews March 2018

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Poems in the Pipeline

Poems in the pipeline

Queued up in my mind

Waiting for deliverance

Poems of all kind

Poems in the pipe line

Queued up on my drive

Dissemination waiting

UK to arrive

Poems in the pipeline

Queued up  out of sight

Slow down mind you’re racing

To get on the site

Just be patient poems

Pipeline your ideas in

In time y...

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Preamble

This poem  comes from a letter which appeared in our local paper

Rock Throwers

We've got kids here who are throwing rocks down

On cars as they go and pass under

And when they get caught, we think and reflect

What sentence they'll get, yes we wonder

Don't worry, we've got it worked out

They'll diagnose mental disorder

Which of course must be taken ...

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Unskew

(caff = cafe)

I have myself an Editor

My poems in a caff

And as Americans might say

My lines can give a laugh

Now thankfully America

Has come to my rescue

Without their helpful accent

My lines would sound unskew

Don Matthews May 2018

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Preamble

I am here to learn, contribute. And have fun

I Have an Addled Brain

I am a flippant poet

Engaged in flippancy

Not always do I follow

Rules of diplomacy

Refusing of correctness

Political that is

I'll do my thing regardless

'Cause that's the way I is

OK I may get addled

And have a brain that's shot

I can't complain about it

It's what ...

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Preamble

As WOL's Rhyming Reporter I am pleased to bring you the latest incident in the problematic life of Brian.  (Source: Brian Maryon saga 'Tina')

Tina's got our Brian worked up

Oh dearie dearie me

He's built this thing inside his head

All based on fantasy

He's happy looking from afar

Her tits, her bag, and all

But when she sidles up to chat

He suddenly goe...

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Preamble

While you're in the darkness

Sleeping in you're bed

I am in the lightness

Creating in my head

Poem

Now Hazel and Colin and Anya

MC and John, also Ray

What are we to do with our Brian ?

It looks like his tent's pitched to stay

At times he doth speak with great wisdom

At others he spouteth wet rags

But one thing that's great about Bria...

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(This an experiment I tried to see how it affected my emotions. It experiments with the use of poetry and music to accomplish this. Being an emotional person it had the desired effect. Her voice/visuals heightened the effect of the poem. Read, then click on youtube link at bottom. I would be interested in your comments)

I've just become a little sad

Quite quick, and unexpected

I didn...

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We want to join your loop

Us (my mind and me)

We're feeling a bit left out

Way across the sea

We want to join your loop

Of UK poetees

We won't say, please accept us

On our bended knees

We have no writing training

No, none of any kind

My mind it says don't worry

We'll work with what we find

I like to be a rhymer

Of tragic/comedy

Together...

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Brian's got it in for poor Tyson

Who's looking for somewhere to shit

He sees Brian's lovely green garden

And says yes, that's where my shit will sit

He blames Hazel E for his posting

Of Tyson's dogshit on this site

Has not given one thought for poor Anya

Who's lunch she was just 'bout to bite

MC says post it back to Keith

A neighbourly message to make

Train ...

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(I have written this piece to help you understand Bipolar Disorder, (and my writing) a mental illness little understood by the general community. 1 in 50 Australians suffer from this illness. I am one of those 50.)

I'm bipolar. Some say keep it private. Go public ?

What ever are you thinking of !

My response? How can you be expected to understand

this mental illness if it's n...

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You all remember the Stereo MC's. This live clip would just about be the best ever .Suki, Hannah and brian here's some stepping up exercise for you. I don't expect the standard of the backup girls but brian could replicate some jumping moves of the rapper. Click link at bottom.

Hey Suki, you out there ?

(10,000 miles away)

Did you post that dance-clip

That I danced to that day ?

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BritPop Poet Reporter 8/6/18 – Forthcoming Interview

(reporting the latest in pop poetry)

We here at BritPop are excited. We have just been made aware

of a new poet landing on our fair shores (correction – computer screens)

He has rollicked into our poetical pastures bringing fresh air

and seeking intellectual interaction (worthy of an interview we thought)

Sources...

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We bemoan the poor standards of pollies

And saintly types don't always work

For all have clay feet till proved otherwise

There are flaws in us all that do lurk

Ideally our leaders should be models

And perfect in every way

But leaders just mirror society

So don't hold your breath, I do say

Don Matthews May 2018

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I'm just a lowly poet

Trying to learn the ropes

My friend said it will drive me nuts

How am I gonna cope ?

A lowly poet, yes, I am

Trying to learn the ropes

Iamb. trochee, spondee SCREAM !

How am I gonna cope ?

Although a lowly poet

I now have poet friends

Despite 10,000 miles away

I won't go round the bend

Now Brian M and others

Will help me l...

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I like the use of metaphors

When writing poetry

Building a bridge between two worlds

Metaphorically

Roger McGough and Mrs Moon

Is where I'd like to go

A skilful use of metaphors

It will take years, I know

Mrs Moon

sitting in the sky

little old lady

rock-a-bye

with a ball of fading light

and silver needles

knitting the night

(Roger McGough...

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I walked along the street I did

With all its noise and clatter

I'm having trouble coping

Is it me that is the matter?

Crossing road just where I should

Car horn blasts, I shatter

Frightening the life out me

Making me go scatter

I turned and gave a drilling glare

You dirty little ratter

You want to see me on the ground

Bitumen road-splatter?

I saw ...

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Try being different,

push the boundaries

explore the unknown.

It may surprise you,

even excite:

or it may not.

But at least you tried

Don Matthews September 2017

“The most damaging phrase in the English language is

'It's always been done this way'”

(Grace Hopper Computer programming pioneer)

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A rhyme it needs a rhythm

To help it lilt along

Without this rhyming rhythm

To me, it sounds all wrong

Why can't I write a rhyme

That sounds like Jack and Jill

To me what is important

Is it's done with rhyming skill

Many rhymes are bad rhymes

They just rhyme cat with mat

(And yes, our cat he did sat

And wondered where he's at)

Skill is non-existen...

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