The WP Board of PoetryHave got it in for meThey say I am embarrassingThe blog community Your spelling is atrociousYour grammar’s gone to shitYou’re mocking our Queen’s EnglishYour poetry don’t fit Doesn’t…… Wot?….. Don MatthewsJune 2021
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The Letter Writer
I thought the art of letterWriting had expiredThat all communication nowWas transferred down a wire Last night I got a pleasant shockWhen sitting with a femaleA pen-and-paper letter wasReplacement for an email We’ve lost the art of so much pastTo far great a degreeI pen-and-paper poem draftsThis is an art. To me Don Matthews MarchContinue reading “The Letter Writer”
How Come Don?
I have so many ideasComing out my headI really can’t/don’t follow“I’ve writer’s block” when said My mind’s strung out in overloadYou ask me why? how come?Writers block’s a myth to me(But not it seems to some) How come Don? My bloody pesky neuronsJust won’t give me a breakThey simply keep on partyingAnd tell me goContinue reading “How Come Don?”
Bubblegum Radio Stations
Radio mainstream’s a shadowA shadow, and now gone to wasteBubblegum music played constantlyFormulaic, repetitive, no taste Don MatthewsJune 2021
Danny Shannon – Ex Cocaine Addict
He started hearing echoesBoom booming in his headInstantly euphoricBy injection fed It led into a life of crimeLost family and friends800 thousand dollarsAll gone, lost in the end Downward spiral began 1996. Jailed 6 years. Entered drug rehab 2009 and has not used any since Don MatthewsJune 2021
Poet Don Reporting on the Stunning 1921 Achievement of German Herman Goerner
In 1921 HermanTo cries of cheers, (and teeter)Did carry piano on his backFor all of 16 metre Good onya Herman…. A sterling effort….. Being serious: Hermann Görner born April 13, 1891 was a German weightlifter and professional strength athlete. He showed many special strength exercises and impressive shows, such as wrestling with a small elephant or carrying a bridge construction onContinue reading “Poet Don Reporting on the Stunning 1921 Achievement of German Herman Goerner”
Australia’s Sheepdog Hoover – World’s Most Expensive Kelpie
Hoover is a kelpieRounds up cattle, sheepWorld’s most dearest kelpieBuyers, pockets deep Hoover was sold at auction for $35,200, now the world’s most expensive kelpie.“An exceptional all-rounder with good bloodlines” (Casterton Kelpie Association) Don MatthewsJune 2021
Selfie of Me and My Latest Meal
I gotta take a selfieWith every meal I cookPost it up on FacebookFor all my friends to look Looks yummy Shari….. Cool tat you’re wearing….. “It feels like life isn’t real anymoreunless you’ve photographed and shared it” (Human behaviour in the digital age) Don MatthewsJune 2021
Internet
The internet is wonderfulAn information roadBut times I get to screaming pointFrom all the overload Do you?….. Don MatthewsJune 2021
Spider Ballooning
The rain can down in bucketsThe ground got sodden wetSpiders in their millionsCame out and spun a net They spun their webs above the groundUntil below dried outYoung ones safely housed and fedSurvival it’s about If they stayed on the ground they would drownWhile lasting only a few days, it can stretch over100’s of kilometresContinue reading “Spider Ballooning”