An Act of Crime

Preamble

Pictured is the house under threat

An act of crime will soon be

Committed in my town

A home with so much history

Was sold. Be soon knocked down

Our advocates of heritage

Enraged, say all along

Such a bad decision shows

The system is all wrong

The property's not listed

And there's the fatal flaw

Council says six uni...

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Trump's Re-Election Strategy

His re-election strategy's spot on

He knows how to do things does Trump

Build walls and burn bridges, key features

Burn bridges done, build walls next jump

Don Matthews June 2019

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Preamble

Come all nursery rhymers

Come take up your pen

No prizes are on offer

But topic is open

My entry it was crafted

In my nursery days

When I was trying to sort out

This po-e-tary haze

Mary and Jack

Mary Mary quite contrary

How does your garden grow?

If Little Jack Horner had stayed in his corner

My seeds'd be ready to sow

Young Ja...

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Poet Lake

A Hollywood-type couple

Have jetted into town

Bearing latest baby

A jewel in their crown

By means of social media

She was pronounced awake

Presented to the world as

Their jewel Poet Lake

Dad recited poem

As Poet did appear

Proudly showing tat on neck

(Let's all have a beer)

Tat on dad not Poet....

I should point out Poet'...

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Are You Happy Where you Are?

Are you happy where you are

Friendships all OK ?

Or are things a bit rocky

With things you need to say ?

Are you happy where you are

Does me-first niggle you ?

Is empathy part of your psych

Or is this missing too ?

Are you happy where you are

No secrets left inside ?

Or are there some still some lurking there

You would...

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Fire and Brimstone

I ask, why should I always

Write ground-breaking stuff?

Poets should be free to write

Whate'er the want (so tough)

Sometimes I'll write cathartic

Just to ease my hurt

Nothing breaking ground here

Just common garden dirt

At other times I just might

Write to please myself

You choose to like it? OK fine

(If not, OK still fine)

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No Particular Semblance (or WTF?)

Preamble

This is taken from someone else's quote. I have modified it, changed a few words and converted it to rhyme.

Poets write in deep mystical stylings

For reasons, many of which are bad

To cover they really have no idea

What they're writing, but want to look post-grad

To appear to be all depth, all-feeling

They pretend to...

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Whinging Poms All Sent Home

Preamble

Some blighter's accused me of grumbling like a Pom!  A WOLer at that.  What nerve!  Us Aussies won't put up with this.  A rapid retort is required here..  Yes skippy? thump thump .....

I like living Under

But saying I'm a Pom

Who likes whinging, whining

Is way off, all wrong

Our humour is subtle

Subtle with wit

We're not ger...

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Conscious Uncoupling

Preamble

The phrase 'conscious uncoupling' was coined by Gwyneth Paltrow after separating from her partner of 10 years

Splitting up doesn't have to be nasty

Can be divorce with no remorse

The phrase is called 'conscious uncoupling'

Not staying on, making it worse

To be clear divorce is never easy

No matter how kindly you feel

The logis...

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Service Stations. Disappearing Services

How many remember

Going to the service station?

You'd have your windscreen wiper checked

Your oil checked

Your petrol put in

Your money taken

And a mechanic on site

Now when you go in

You get all the things you once got

From the little deli on the corner

You weren't allowed

To do that once

becau...

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My Muse Has Gone Off Bike-Riding

Staring at my paper

Waiting Muse to strike

Seems to have deserted me

Ridden off on bike

Us poets do depend on

Muses for ideas

What's their jolly use if

They ride off, disappear?

Still staring at my paper

Running out of rhyme

Can't see my muse nowhere in sight

Mine's a waste of time

Don Matthews April 2019

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This Ain't No Aussie Launchpad Don

Preamble

I'd like to see more humour on the site. To me it needs a re-balance.

Things seem so unbalanced

I'm drowning in despair

I need come up for humour

I need come up for air

But Don this ain't no launchpad

For Aussies seeking fun

We're British, Queen-like, serious

When all is said and done

I hear some of you say...

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Infected

Society's been infected with

An insidious disease

It's causing me concern and stress

A state of some unease

Today we've lost so many things

Care for those around

Lost the art of empathy

Care has run aground

It's all to do with me-first

And winning at all cost

If we can get away with it

No problem – nothing lost

The cause of this d...

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Bridget Everett – On the Edge

Preamble

If risque humour is not your cup of tea or you blush easily, leave Bridget clipped up - despite being clever and professional.   Aw, go on, have a peep....

Bridget's here to entertain

She's risque, edgy, plus

I've signed her up, despite there is

No money here for us

The gig she's doing just because

She wants to pep site up

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Snaffling Brexit Discontents

Our State is encouraging business

To travel to your U of K

And snaffle those not pleased with Brexit

(To work here in sunshine each day)

To escape those dark, long drawn-out winters

Where sun only shines 10 till 3

Escape Brexit chaos, the pollies

Come down, see our pastures, be free

Of course there are many sides to a story

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Wavemaker. But...

It seems I'm known for making waves

And pushing boundaries

But staying in my comfort zone

I lose creativity

Don't want to write just ordinary-like

'Bout flowers and flowery fluff

I want to branch out, be myself

Write boundary-pushing stuff

How can a poet improve oneself

By staying in a rut?

But some of you may disagree

Come back ...

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How Much Does One Reveal to Strangers?

How much of one's inner self

Does one reveal

On a public stage, to strangers?

A mental health problem

With it's ups and downs?

Mania controlled with lithium

And other mood stabilisers?

Why should it bother you poet?

It's just like a physical illness

But one you can't see

Too personal they tell me

Don't t...

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Maryon Wants Me To Write Edgy

Maryon wants me to write edgy

A challenge I cannot refuse

WOLers know I'm not a challenge back-downer

On ones that I know I can't lose

Maryon would like me to write edgy

To which I say shit! you tempt fate

Now fate was against me the last time

Got booted, but will oblige this time mate

Maryon's patiently waiting

Waiting in ...

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Outside the Rink. Unfettered

I'd like my poems to interest you

For them to make you think

But yes, I know I often go out

Outside of the safe poet's rink

But if I don't venture outside this rink

And find out what new can be found

Convention (I don't like) will trap me

And chained, fettered, I will stay bound

Don Matthews November 2018

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Monty Python's Bavarian Restaurant

Naive American tourists

Desiring Bavarian meal

Booked into a restaurant

With a Monty feel

Being in Bavaria

They wanted the real deal

But were at first, bit hesitant

With it's Monty feel

Finally the tourists

Gave in to their fate

In that Bavarian restaurant

In which they chose to ate

Don Matthews April 201...

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Do You Remember Anya, Kate?

Do you remember Anya?

And WOL's Kate G as well?

Shining lights, their poetry

Such messages to tell

The site became too toxic

Poison spread around

They couldn't stand the tension

And left for safer ground

They left without a warning

Took all their poetry

There is a lesson here for all

For you, and also me

There's...

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Models on Catwalks

Models on catwalks

Promoting new fashion

Don't seem to show any

Face-smiling passion

Is it they're trained

To look bland-faced blank?

And why is this needed

When walking the plank?

Perhaps you as reader

Can explain, and help me

To understand why

Model smiles I don't see?

Don Matthews June 2019

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Haiku – College of

College of Haiku

Many years of hard labour

Passed bottom of class

(Found job in WOL...)

Don Matthews June 2019

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The Poet's Grave

I wont lie in a poet's grave

Watch worms devour my rhyme

And age attack my active mind

(It does all else with time)

OK my lines might seem macabre

They face the facts of life

We all must end up in a grave

And face the afterlife

But did you get the message

I gave in my verse one?

Get everything you can from

Each day before you're d...

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Nothing Deep and Thoughtful Here

I like observing people

(Feel rhythm in this line?)

Hearing conversations

Round me as they dine

To you this could read boring

I don't care if it does

I'll carry on my writing

You want to go? - no fuss

We both agree a poet

Just writes what they want to

So boring yes, or otherwise

I'll write for me (not you)

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Why Can't I Be Spiderman?

No you can't be Spiderman

Why not? You are a girl

I like to play with boyish things

Give boyish things a whirl

No you cannot play with dolls

Why not? You are a boy

And boys don't play with girly things

Just like them for my toys

Gender is still largely used

To sort toy markets out

Makers will not alter trends

Won't take a...

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Why Has Our Aussie Stopped Posting?

What's happened to our favourite Aussie rhymer

Why has he disappeared, gone un-post?

He used to rhyme regularly on blogslide

Yep, once a day (nearly almost)

I hear he's escaped from the hospital

Six weeks from his tragic ladder fall

But still keeps on hearing the echoes

Of “Please don't leave Aussie...” (nursie calls)

Th...

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