SMILE CVN'T ! WHY CVN'T ?
SMILE CVN'T ! WHY CVN'T ?
(This piece was inspired by eccentric Sydney 75yr-old sandwich-board wearer Danny Lim who was arrested, handcuffed and fined $500 for displaying a sign “SMILE CVN'T ! WHY CVN'T ?” after a single phone complaint. He appeared in court with his chihuahua-pomeranian Smarty. The magistrate was highly critical of the arresting officers and said the law was concerned wi...
Saturday 31st August 2019 8:34 am
Parental Failure
Parental Failure
But I like wearing dresses mummy?
You can't dear
Why mummy?
You're a boy
???
But I like wearing boys clothes mummy?
You can't sweetie
Why mummy?
You're a girl
???
20 years later
I like dressing as a woman mum
(I've failed as a parent)
I like dressing as a man mum
...
Friday 30th August 2019 8:10 am
Haiku Homework (Grade 1)
Haiku Homework (grade 1)
Got haiku fever
WOLer craze firing me up
Searching for deep thoughts
Must be 5-7-5
Learnt at College of Haiku
Not complete dumbo
Told my next step is
Present words of deep wisdom
Mat sat under cat
Despite passing bottom of class
you show budding promise.
(Principal - College of Haiku)
Don Matthews June 2019
...Thursday 29th August 2019 9:32 am
Look At Me Damn You
Look At Me Damn You
I'm screaming, shouting, look at me
It's you I'm talking to
Not talking to the bloody wall
It's you I'm talking to
I'm screaming, shouting, look at me
Demand connect with you
Don't need connection with a wall
I want connect with you
I'm screaming, shouting, look at me
Do you not understand?
Importance of our eye contact?
Your l...
Wednesday 28th August 2019 8:34 am
My Muse is Getting Fussy
My Muse is Getting Fussy
Thalia: My Muse of Mirth
I'm sitting in Hillbillys
Wondering what to write
I need ideas sweet Thalia
My page is blank, all white
When I did ID her
Thalia (now with name)
Insisted Muse be capitalised
(Can you, or I, she blame?)
Would low-case 'poet' please me?
No way, 'Poet' I am
Don't put me in your faceless crowd
...
Tuesday 27th August 2019 8:51 am
Tear Up
Tear Up
Why do I tear up
Just at a thought
They say I'm bipolar
I'm trapped, seems I'm caught
Emotions in 'normals'
Swing up and swing down
But mine can hit ceilings
Or crash to the ground
Compared on a 10 scale
'Normals' are 4
But mine can reach 10
(yes, that's six times more)
So why do I tear up
Just at a thought?
'Cause I'm then a...
Monday 26th August 2019 7:36 am
A Toilet for Daisy
A Toilet for Daisy
Preamble
We recently had the privilege of hearing long-standing WOLer and bovine expert Mr John Coopey share with us his knowledge on how to DIY artificially inseminate our pet bulls. Thankyou for sharing this knowledge with us Mr Coopey. We enjoy a bit of bull every now and again.
Inspired by this I sent my Muse to trawl our cowsheds for inspiration. I specifically tol...
Sunday 25th August 2019 7:59 am
Party Tricks in Bali
Party Tricks in Bali
Preamble
Scene: South Australian Nicholas Carr, 26, holidaying Bali, August 2019
I was really drunk you see
Therefore no recall
Just landed in a top-shelf pickle
While having me a ball
What's that you say? I karate-kicked
A guy off motorbike?
Nah, I don't remember this
(Just doin' what I like)
What's that you say? next ...
Saturday 24th August 2019 7:35 am
Poets Should Have Standards
Poets Should Have Standards
I won't stoop to the gutter
And wallow in the muck
I'll only use the eff word
In quotes from those still stuck
I don't like seeing poets
Engaged in gutter trawl
Looking for some cheap thrills
For readers to enthral
Poets should have standards
An Ethics type of Code
And not trawl in the gutter
And thus this Code erode
...
Friday 23rd August 2019 8:26 am
Why My Monty Python Audition Was Unsuccessful
Why My Monty Python Audition Was Unsuccessful
Preamble
You will notice I am not in the pic. This is the final elected MP Team (minus me) as I was deemed 'medically unfit' to qualify. The audition pic (in which I featured prominently) got binned. Not even a signed memento to show my fans back home, and proof of my audition attempt. Bloody Poms. The bugger Clease (also absent from pic) w...
Thursday 22nd August 2019 8:19 am
Bipolar Fragments
BIPOLAR FRAGMENTS
The Art of Poetry
I've been told by many
The art of poetry's dead
I believe it's alive on
Pages they haven't read
(stanley victor paskavich, bipolar, writer)
Please Dear Reader
Please dear reader read this page
It's one you haven't read
And tell me if my poetry's
Alive or is it dead?
(don matthews, bipolar, writer)
Soldier Fre...
Wednesday 21st August 2019 8:48 am
Playful Shoelace Ha Ha Ha
PLAYFUL SHOELACE HA HA HA
I have a little shoelace
The other end of me
It's got a mind all of its own
But that's just how it be
I tie it up each morning
As tight as tight can be
But then it grabs the jolly knot
And pulls the whole thing free
I hear it laughing ha ha ha
Come tie me up again
I curse and swear beneath my breath
Count silently to ten
...Tuesday 20th August 2019 8:46 am
The Laws of War
THE LAWS OF WAR
The Laws of War
Protect us all
Don't even think
To overhaul
Killer drones
Have just arrived
Must be programmed
Humanized
Robot warfare
No human control?
Guaranteed
Ghastly toll
Geneva Convention?
Critical as ever
Space warfare?
Don't human sever
Postscript
The Geneva Conventions are rules that ...
Monday 19th August 2019 7:49 am
Hip Hooray
HIP HOORAY
He is on medications
He's taken his today
Purple, white (no pink ones yet)
Let's all sing hip hooray
Meds will cap his silly
(At least just for today)
He's told me not to write deep twat
Let's all sing hip hooray
He's told me to write serious stuff
Not use his silly style
Cos silly is his copyright
(He's in rehab-exile)
Why does...
Sunday 18th August 2019 9:43 am
The Americanisation of Australia
The Americanisation of Australia
It's not that I'm anti-American
But there's something I just do not like
It's this Americanisation of my country
My daily Australian life that I like
The use of this 's' or a 'z'
Confuses me (no, frustrates me more)
Australian English says to use 's's
While American 'z's are appearing more and more
Let's look at this closel...
Saturday 17th August 2019 8:27 am
Bipolar Mania's Two-Edged Sword
Bipolar Mania's Two-Edged Sword
Preamble
I am a diagnosed manic kept under control with medications. This explains my personality. And much of my work.
Bipolar mania's a two-edged sword
With razor sharpened edges
If not controlled and managed well
You risk precarious ledges.
One edge is sharp and dangerous
Results can be perverse
Rational thought...
Friday 16th August 2019 8:52 am
Dedication to the Rose of WOL
Dedication to the Rose of WOL
INTRO uno
Your colour's so reddish
Your perfume's discreet
I trample your petals
To sweeten my feet
INTRO due
Hey there Rose
Don't get me wrong
Not here to write
You sweet song
Hey there Don
I am so sad
Cos I ain't caused
You any bad
MAIN ACT (serious-mode)
Has Blight bit you?
With '...
Thursday 15th August 2019 9:45 am
Poet's Blight
Poet's Blight
I've got a stack of poems
Waiting to send, arrive
Been struck down with dread Poet's Blight
Don't know if I'll survive
Not heard of Poet's Blight before?
No WOLer's told it's curse?
Am I the only WOLer here
Writing Blighter verse?
This Blight it overloads you
Drowns your life in verse
Leaves no time for playtime
Damn! It's getting wo...
Wednesday 14th August 2019 8:08 am
Manson – The Smell of Evil
Manson – The Smell of Evil
Preamble
I have written this to present and revisit the facts
Source: Manson Exposed. A Reporter's 50yr Journey Into Madness and Murder (Ivor Davis)
50 years ago today
Manson was arrested
Sharon Tate was murdered and
The world reeled back in shock.....
Manson trained his Family
Of lost-like hippie waifs
To be his Manson k...
Tuesday 13th August 2019 8:51 am
McMansions
McMansions
They're building lots of houses
On a house estate
Two-story grey McMansions
Houses which I hate
Pretentious and all bland-like
Standing tall and proud
Built so close together
Not bothered that they crowd
Cement-rendered all grey-like
No texture to their face
Character? they have none
No metal-interest lace
But hey poet, we're bu...
Monday 12th August 2019 10:26 am
It's Sunday in the UK
It's Sunday in the UK
It's Sunday in the UK
USA as well?
Not sure 'bout other WOLers
No World Clock time to tell
I know what you are thinking
You've got technology
The World Wide Web to help you
Just look us up and see
I think I have just gone
And dug myself in hole.....
Not so! I have excuse prepared
Reception can be crackly
Not so World ...
Sunday 11th August 2019 8:40 am
Brothel Planning (just a thought)
Brothel Planning (just a thought)
I've had what I think is a very good idea
Put brothels on main/major roads
And not on our quiet suburban backstreets
Where children play, and bikes are rode
“Why are so many men
going into that house mummy?”
Don Matthews August 2019
Saturday 10th August 2019 7:30 am
Jungle Law
Jungle Law
I've just been asked to rid a poss
What's dead, yes, stone cold dead
Now normally I wouldn't flinch
Except it's lost it's head
While this might seem distasteful
And come across as gross
I'm versing 'bout the facts of life
Which this is just a dose
Fox on the prowl, poss out at night
Was not a friendly mix
Poss gave a curse, could not rever...
Friday 9th August 2019 8:03 am
I Am Your Master, You Are My Slave
I Am Your Master, You Are My Slave
I scream and shout to what avail
What am I screaming 'bout?
This damnable, this Smart/Iphone
That's chained us to it's route
It rules our life – addicted
We are, it says “Watch me”
Talk/looking at your neighbour is
Against technology
I AM IN CHARGE OF YOU TODAY
YOUR MASTER. MOBILE PHONE
“Hey! You can't do this to me
...Thursday 8th August 2019 8:39 am
The Cult of Cosmic Buzz
The Cult of Cosmic Buzz
Lead us to the Cosmic Buzz
Swami Poet Don
We will gather, sup with Thee
(What ever's going on?)
Lead us to the Cosmic Buzz
New-Age Poet Don
(Wait till we go comb our hair)
(I know what's going on)
Poet Don's a charlatan
There is no Cosmic Buzz
He wants to lead his Cult of Buzz
Why? Just cos he does
Critic, you blasp...
Wednesday 7th August 2019 8:06 am
First Efforts at New-Age Poetry
First Efforts at New-Age Poetry
There has been appearing on the site of late work which is coming to be known as 'New-Age' poetry. No stanzas, rhythm, rhyme. meter. i.e. a sort of 'non-poetry' if you like. Despite this lack of 'non-poetic' character, pieces such as this are being accepted on our officially-known-as 'poetry' website. Ergo, it must qualify as 'poetry'. Ergo again, then what I've ...
Tuesday 6th August 2019 7:52 am
Resow
Resow
When I look back on the life that I've lived
The many mistakes that I've made
I can't relive life and undo these mistakes
What's done has been done, I'm afraid
So what I am trying to say to you here
Is that what's past is past, let it go
Nothing can change it so just look ahead
Try starting again and resow
Don Matthews March 2018
Monday 5th August 2019 7:34 am
Boris Has a Problem
Boris Has a Problem
Boris has a problem
And so soon in his reign
A major, major, major one
Which on his p'rade will rain
Did he forget to read
The weather forecast? Rain?
When told this by his pollie mates
“No problem. Minor pain”
Boris had it sorted
A landslide victory
How come it's all gone arse up?
How can it arse-up be?
Yes Boris has a...
Sunday 4th August 2019 7:37 am
Gloria Laura Vanderbilt
Gloria Laura Vanderbilt
Gloria Laura Vanderbilt
New York fortune heiress
Died June 17 two thousand nineteen
After living a life of luxuriousness
She showed us her many great talents
Was beautiful, strode catwalks of fashion
Was squired by Errol Flynn, Marlon Brando
Frank Sinatra, whom in all she fired passion
In the 50's her career was an actress
And la...
Saturday 3rd August 2019 7:57 am
This Aussie Rhymer. What Are We Gonna Do?
This Aussie Rhymer. What Are We Gonna Do?
Who's this Aussie rhymer
Giving us a serve?
Saying ain't nuf fun on WOL
Golly gosh! what nerve!
Don't he know we follow in
The feet of William Shakespeare
WOL has set the guidelines
To this Great Bard we steer
He has a silly habit
Of spidering round the site
Fripping here and frapping there
Frip/frapping d...
Friday 2nd August 2019 8:41 am
Biggo's In My Dictionary
Biggo's In My Dictionary
Source idea: Jennifer Malden (London Bus), Rose Casserley (Biggo Expert). Fish (rack 'em stack 'em), Ray Pool (non-word tiredly)
Biggo's in my dictionary
The one for our New Age
I'm tired of using Shakespeare stuff
I wanna branch out, rage
Gotta, wanna, sorta, shoosh
Yep, all of these are there
It's far from Shakespeare's worn-out st...
Thursday 1st August 2019 9:31 am
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