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NASA Loses a Satellite

Year: 1999Location: Outer SpaceCompany: NASAEstimated Damage Value: $125 million* Imagine pouring years into a piece of complex machinery, only for it to finally make it into space, then disintegrate into nothing. NASA was devastated when they invested $125 million on the Mars Climate Orbiter in the 1990s only to see it burn up. The worst part? ItContinue reading “NASA Loses a Satellite”

Tick Tock Writers Block

I’m suffering writers blockA myth I’m told (tick tock)Hang on, I feel a thoughtWhich I’ll now pen (I ought) Well done….. Don MatthewsJune 2021

The WP Board of Poetry Have Got It In For Me Again

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

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