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A member of WDC since July '07, I only began to "really" write poetry in the early '80s. I write very often - usually drafting a piece about some current issue, and deciding upon the type/style of poem in the process - then editing it over the following evenings until I am happy with it. I like to write in a variety of styles, covering a range of issues: it's all part of the challenge of creation! Hope you enjoy my writing. Turps.

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	+	#1833795 Letting Go [E] 1.0 KB A song lyric about loss. Genre: Experience Created: Dec 18 2011 at 7:16am EST Last Modified: Dec 18 2011 at 7:16am EST
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	+	#1827140 The Essential Ingredient [E] 0.8 KB A lyric about writing. Genre: Writing Created: Nov 19 2011 at 9:10pm EST Last Modified: Nov 19 2011 at 9:10pm EST
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	+	#1825905 Observations [E] 0.7 KB Reflections on things around me. A free-verse. Genres: Experience :: Nature :: Environment Created: Nov 14 2011 at 4:52am EST Last Modified: Nov 16 2011 at 4:30am EST
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	+	#1820914 Spring Sowing [E] 1.1 KB The spring ritual - a lyric. Genres: Nature :: Environment Created: Oct 24 2011 at 7:08am EDT Last Modified: Nov 02 2011 at 6:17am EDT
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	+	#1819988 The Spider at the Door [E] 0.9 KB A lasting visitor: free verse Genre: Experience Created: Oct 20 2011 at 7:30am EDT Last Modified: Oct 20 2011 at 7:30am EDT
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	+	#1817224 The Heart of Darkness [E] 0.5 KB The mystery of possession... Genre: Experience Created: Oct 10 2011 at 6:25am EDT Last Modified: Oct 10 2011 at 6:25am EDT
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	+	#1816672 Postmodern Shakespeare [E] 0.7 KB How to ruin the written word. Genres: Philosophy :: Writing Created: Oct 08 2011 at 4:46am EDT Last Modified: Oct 08 2011 at 4:46am EDT
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	+	#1816406 Deserted Platform [E] 1.2 KB What is left when the train has left... Genre: Experience Created: Oct 07 2011 at 8:09am EDT Last Modified: Oct 07 2011 at 8:10am EDT
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	+	#1816404 Capital Punishment [E] 0.8 KB Confronting the horror... Genres: Experience :: Philosophy Created: Oct 07 2011 at 8:02am EDT Last Modified: Oct 07 2011 at 8:02am EDT
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	+	#1787733 The Bird [E] 0.8 KB An expression of loss. Genres: Nature :: Emotional Created: Jun 23 2011 at 3:48am EDT Last Modified: Jun 23 2011 at 3:48am EDT
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	+	#1722463 Giving you Away [E] 0.8 KB A song lyric about parting. Genres: Experience :: Psychology :: Music Created: Nov 06 2010 at 8:20am EDT Last Modified: Nov 06 2010 at 8:20am EDT
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	+	#1720361 Out of my Hands [E] 0.7 KB A song lyric about our place in the play. Genres: Experience :: Personal Created: Oct 29 2010 at 8:01am EDT Last Modified: Oct 31 2010 at 7:09pm EDT
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	+	#1716555 Rescue [E] 0.2 KB Finding salvation Genre: Experience Created: Oct 15 2010 at 8:09am EDT Last Modified: Oct 15 2010 at 8:09am EDT
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	+	#1712300 Silent Colonisation [E] 0.7 KB A sonnet about Australia's beginning, with thanks to Robert Hughes. Genre: History Created: Sep 30 2010 at 7:53am EDT Last Modified: Oct 01 2010 at 6:05am EDT
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	+	#1707826 The New Way [E] 0.9 KB A dramatic monologue about how things have changed. Genres: Experience :: Technology Created: Sep 14 2010 at 6:54am EDT Last Modified: Sep 14 2010 at 6:54am EDT
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	+	#1706477 Possibly [E] 0.7 KB A sonnet exploring random thought. Genre: Experience Created: Sep 09 2010 at 4:33am EDT Last Modified: Sep 09 2010 at 4:33am EDT
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	+	#1700745 Awaiting Remission [E] 0.7 KB The time between diagnosis and peace. Genres: Experience :: Health Created: Aug 20 2010 at 4:03am EDT Last Modified: Aug 20 2010 at 4:03am EDT
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	+	#1685688 Lunar Eclipse [E] 0.7 KB A sonnet about last night's event. Genres: Scientific :: Experience Created: Jun 27 2010 at 7:58am EDT Last Modified: Jun 27 2010 at 7:58am EDT
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	+	#1672508 Salvation [E] 0.7 KB A follow-up to the previous entry. Genres: Personal :: Health Created: May 12 2010 at 4:21am EDT Last Modified: May 12 2010 at 4:21am EDT
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	+	#1663632 Lymphoma [E] 1.2 KB A lyric about understanding my son's cancer... Genres: Emotional :: Experience :: Medical Created: Apr 11 2010 at 5:55am EDT Last Modified: Apr 11 2010 at 5:55am EDT
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	+	#1662235 The Parasite [E] 0.8 KB A song lyric about things that change Genre: Experience Created: Apr 06 2010 at 8:30am EDT Last Modified: Apr 06 2010 at 8:30am EDT
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	+	#1659754 The Kookaburra [E] 1.1 KB A free-verse about a healing visitor. Genres: Nature :: Health Created: Mar 29 2010 at 5:18am EDT Last Modified: Mar 29 2010 at 5:34am EDT
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	+	#1619087 Flying Ants [E] 0.7 KB A free verse about tonight's event Genre: Nature Created: Nov 17 2009 at 6:33am EST Last Modified: Nov 17 2009 at 6:33am EST
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	+	#1606965 When the Drought Breaks [E] 0.9 KB A song lyric about the joy of long-awaited rain. Genres: Experience :: Environment Created: Oct 09 2009 at 10:46pm EDT Last Modified: Oct 14 2009 at 7:55am EDT
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	+	#1600172 Remember [E] 0.7 KB recall those that have passed...a sonnet. Genres: Experience :: Personal :: Pets Created: Sep 16 2009 at 7:42am EDT Last Modified: Sep 16 2009 at 7:42am EDT
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	+	#1593471 Melanoma [E] 0.7 KB a sonnet about the title Genres: Medical :: Experience :: Nature Created: Aug 23 2009 at 5:07am EDT Last Modified: Aug 23 2009 at 5:07am EDT
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	+	#1554015 Lover Beware [E] 0.9 KB A song lyric about how things unravel. Genre: Experience Created: Apr 27 2009 at 10:11am EDT Last Modified: Apr 27 2009 at 10:11am EDT
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	+	#1547439 Shrunken Man [E] 0.8 KB A sonnet about corrupt use of power. Genres: Experience :: Regional Created: Apr 07 2009 at 7:57am EDT Last Modified: Apr 07 2009 at 7:57am EDT
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	+	#1537978 The Lost and Lonely Heart [E] 1.2 KB When dementia strikes and delusional worlds collide...a dramatic monologue. Genres: Psychology :: Experience :: Tragedy Created: Mar 12 2009 at 6:58am EDT Last Modified: Mar 12 2009 at 6:58am EDT
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	+	#1527054 Into the Fire [E] 0.5 KB I'm pre-occupied by what's happening, hence this. Genres: Environment :: Emotional Created: Feb 10 2009 at 7:54am EST Last Modified: Feb 10 2009 at 7:54am EST
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	+	#1526601 Bushfire...and an answer. [E] 1.3 KB Inside the mind of Fire and how you react.. Genres: Experience :: Nature Created: Feb 09 2009 at 7:17am EST Last Modified: Mar 08 2009 at 11:07pm EDT
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	+	#1516133 Beauty [E] 0.6 KB Deleted as I culled my port: tonight remembered how close it was. Free-verse to a friend. Genre: Personal Created: Jan 15 2009 at 7:54am EST Last Modified: Jan 15 2009 at 7:54am EST
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	+	#1459734 Hair - Where did you Go? [E] 1.2 KB A whimsical verse about the effects of age... Genre: Personal Created: Aug 07 2008 at 6:19am EDT Last Modified: Aug 07 2008 at 6:19am EDT
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	+	#1448658 Sharni's Asleep [E] 0.3 KB Saying goodnight to my sleeping daughter Genre: Experience Created: Jul 09 2008 at 6:53am EDT Last Modified: Jul 09 2008 at 6:53am EDT
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	+	#1433496 The River [E] 1.2 KB confront yourself Genre: Experience Created: Jun 01 2008 at 8:18am EDT Last Modified: Jun 01 2008 at 8:18am EDT
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	+	#1423655 The Silence of the Waves [E] 0.7 KB when no-one seems to listen... Genre: Personal Created: May 08 2008 at 6:53am EDT Last Modified: May 08 2008 at 6:53am EDT
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	+	#1416565 Mortality [E] 1.8 KB A free verse in 3 parts reflecting upon existence. To Tamai, who's losing his mother. Genres: Personal :: Emotional :: Spiritual Created: Apr 21 2008 at 6:10am EDT Last Modified: Apr 21 2008 at 6:10am EDT
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	+	#1398987 A Wish Granted [E] 2.3 KB a ballad about control and release Genre: Fantasy Created: Mar 10 2008 at 6:43am EDT Last Modified: Mar 10 2008 at 6:43am EDT
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	+	#1377545 The Broken Wing [E] 1.5 KB true tale, free verse, life meets itself... Genre: Experience Created: Jan 20 2008 at 10:20am EST Last Modified: Jan 20 2008 at 10:20am EST
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	+	#1374862 Farting Girl [E] 0.6 KB My wife at her musical best! Genre: Experience Created: Jan 14 2008 at 7:04am EST Last Modified: Jan 14 2008 at 7:06am EST
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	+	#1373381 The Lorelei [E] 0.6 KB a free verse about addictive love Genre: Personal Created: Jan 10 2008 at 10:48pm EST Last Modified: Jan 10 2008 at 10:48pm EST
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	+	#1368408 The Trap [E] 1.3 KB When our life catches up with us...dedicated to Dutch Genre: Personal Created: Dec 31 2007 at 4:13am EST Last Modified: Dec 31 2007 at 4:13am EST
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	+	#1329322 In Spite of All [E] 0.9 KB a lyric to a friend finding herself again Genre: Personal Created: Oct 07 2007 at 7:50am EDT Last Modified: Oct 07 2007 at 7:50am EDT
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	+	#1311281 Alison is Lost [E] 1.9 KB the loss of a child Genre: Experience Created: Aug 27 2007 at 6:28am EDT Last Modified: Oct 02 2008 at 4:33am EDT
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	+	#1307081 Headlong Love [E] 1.0 KB passion gone mad Genre: Emotional Created: Aug 17 2007 at 9:44am EDT Last Modified: Aug 17 2007 at 9:44am EDT
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	+	#1294926 Deja Vu [E] 0.8 KB we've met before... Genre: Experience Created: Jul 21 2007 at 10:51pm EDT Last Modified: Aug 03 2010 at 10:24pm EDT
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	+	#1294915 Assault of a Free Spirit [E] 1.0 KB A free verse about domestic violence? Think metaphor. The answer's in the poem. Find it! Genre: Experience Created: Jul 21 2007 at 10:30pm EDT Last Modified: Jul 31 2008 at 6:17am EDT
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	+	#1294615 The Palm [E] 0.7 KB a short free verse about the palm tree in my garden Genre: Experience Created: Jul 21 2007 at 4:27am EDT Last Modified: Jul 21 2007 at 4:27am EDT
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	+	#1293638 Looking for You [E] 1.4 KB a song lyric about looking for lost love Genre: Experience Created: Jul 19 2007 at 7:06am EDT Last Modified: Jul 19 2007 at 7:14am EDT
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	+	#1286734 Ambrosia [E] 0.7 KB a poem about memeories of love triggered by a fine vintage wine Genre: Experience Created: Jul 05 2007 at 9:51pm EDT Last Modified: Sep 03 2007 at 7:39am EDT
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