donmatthewspoetry

Rattish Mother, Brattish Child

I’m in a cafe quietly drinking coffee and reading the paper when: I’m witnessing a child right now To me, description brattish The mother (tatooed) encourages To me, description rattish The child, to me, eventually Will grow like mother, rattish While I at moment must endure A child performing brattish They’ve gone….Good riddance Don MatthewsAugustContinue reading “Rattish Mother, Brattish Child”

Growth is not Working Here

Plans were put in action Expand our city yes Build more roads, more houses Small Los Angeles Good for our city…. Now population’s grown Suburbs stretch for miles Powers that be want more to come Improve our city’s style Roads now packed with motor cars Housing costs expensive Price of power highest in world CommutingContinue reading “Growth is not Working Here”

Priscilla Cat She’s Clever

Priscilla can do anything Anything, no care Here she’s showing us she can Velcro to a chair Don MatthewsAugust 2020

Why Are You Hugging? No Face Masks?

Why are you hugging? No face masks? With corona still raging about It’s not a good example to be setting Not a good pathway, good route Don Matthews August 2020

Poet Don Reporting on World Mosquito Day, 20 August

Join with me as round the world all Haters of mozzies unite Sweet little insect bloodsuckers Looking for bodies to bite Poet Don is FCS news anchorReporting on things of interestand no interest at all

Global Broadband Bid

5am risers in Sydney Saw OFO lights in the sky The obvious question they then asked Was where did they come from, and why? Was just Elon Musk launching satellites 58 (with his billionaire hand) Purpose? He’s making a bid for A low-cost and global broadband Don MatthewsAugust 2020

We Aussies Are Clever

For years we’ve pressed the button To help us cross the street We’ve now invented new idea And help corona beat Instead of pressing button Just sensor-wave your hand And bingo! lights change red to green No virus on your hand Don MatthewsAugust 2020

Priscilla Cat Learns a Lesson

Priscilla likes fried bacon To fish spooned from a can The smell did so entice her, but Forgot was hot, the pan Don MatthewsAugust 2020

Poet Don Reports on Napoleon B

Napoleon Bonapart of France Was right shit-scared of cats He gobbled food, was a chocolate freak And dat my friends is dat Well I’ll be…. Poet Don is FCS news anchor And a valuable asset to the FCS Team

Numberplate Applications

Based on actual numberplate applications received by the Adelaide Transport Department My rear end is expansive My top is rather sparse I want to numberplate my car Stand out, say BIGARSE Rejected… What?… I haven’t had no luck in love My love-life’s in a mess I wanna numberplate my car ZEROFKS Rejected… FFS…. My nameContinue reading “Numberplate Applications”