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{ Monthly Archives } July 2009

Critical evaluation

Okay, let’s begin (please, have a seat) I think we can see some improvement: but there are a few things we need to address; which give me some uneasiness. item one—you did remember to cleanse, exfoliate, condition, moisturise, buff, stripped back and sand down the timber. nice work: primer and powder puff. full marks for [...]

Thinky-making

So I’ve finished my first few poems and posted them, and I am already feeling like I have a lot to learn about this art: I knew from the outset that I had a long way to go, however, so maybe I’m just a bit more aware about what needs to be learned. I hope [...]

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Indecision

When presented with theĀ  chance to choose, Whether menu, crossroads, platter, place, I am not one who can options calmly muse, But, instead, panic and become chill-faced. I am more inclined to seize and sweat, And giggle somewhat out of nerves, Since the range of end results makes me fret, As from choice to choice [...]

The Obligatory Ocean

I would be remiss if I should fail, To poet-waffle on the deep blue sea. Like spring and love and motherhood, Musing on the waves is obligatory. I would lose my sole qualification, That of wistful gaze and ready pen, Should I refuse to torment the ocean, Exhausted muse of countless men. But it’s hard [...]

A very good place to start

Let’s do ground rules! Remember in primary school, the teacher would give you butcher’s paper and textas and ask everyone to come up with classroom rules, and then say that we were more likely to follow them if we made them up ourselves? That would have worked beautifully if we were actually allowed to make [...]

Sweat the peppers

Because summer was so late and long, They have hung, bulbous, on the plant. They are full and aching, with deep clefts and cleavages: Huge red summer lamps. They are curved and full, proud and dominant: But their fatness, fullness, fleshiness Is just what I want. And it is the first cool day all month. [...]