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”
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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”
Olympics Now Transferred to Australia
Olympics have now been transferredDownunder (where it’s Covid-free)Japan’s become way far too riskyOlympics now here they will be Don MatthewsJune 2021
Priscilla
It’s my cat’s worldI’m just here to open cans
Vinyl Addiction Causes a Problem
He went on a trip collecting vinylFilled up his case then when finOn returning to Australia, the customsSaid sorry, we can’t let you in Adelaide Hills Hood Matt Lambert came home with a suitcase full of 70’s vinyl records. They wouldn’t let him in as they had detected traces of cocaine. Turns out the recordsContinue reading “Vinyl Addiction Causes a Problem”
We Are Cultured Down Here in Australia
Down here in OrstraliaWe are a cultured lotStradivarius violinsAll of us have got Go Einstein….. Only 650 Stradivarius remain in the world of which 600 now reside in Australia lovingly played by many of our young Einsteins….. Don MatthewsJune 2021
When Social Media Becomes More Important
Written about a true experience witnessed by someone else I saw a man on rooftopsRunning endlesslyMentally in troubleObvious to see I saw adults with IphonesRecording what they’d seenFor social media uploadTo friends (all very keen) Where are we headed? Don MatthewsJune 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 