What is love? The answer’s in a letter of St. Paul
Love has so many attributes that I won’t list them all,
But the very first of these springs readily to mind –
Above all... Read More
Beware, oh beware of the dishwasher door
When it’s situated so close to the floor.
Unloading, or loading, you’d better be quick,
For it can just give you a quite nasty nick.
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Your chair is back in its accustomed place
But empty now.
No more I’ll see your dear, dear face
That looked on me with so much love
In all the years we shared,
You... Read More
Sleep comes, fragmented now.
I dream of you, and waking,
Turn to the comfort of your arms
Around me. Only to find the emptiness.
And then, remembering, weep.
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At Christmas time in northern climes
The weather is quite cold
And people need the comfort of a fire,
But, in the land of Oz, the opposite is found
And the temperature keeps climbing e... Read More
The family were visiting,
The weather was quite hot.
“Turn on the air conditioning”
I did so like a shot.
Doors and windows then were closed
But it didn&rsqu... Read More
I love to hear the kookaburra’s laugh
And the magpie’s song gives me such a thrill;
The colours of the lorikeet are a wondrous work of art,
But for the peewit I have nothing bu... Read More
I’m having renovations
They’ve been going on for years
First of all it was my teeth
And then it was my ears,
And now it comes as no surprise
I’ve renov... Read More
They’ve really gone and spoiled our view
Those busy building blokes
And left instead an eyesore
The butt of many jokes.
Instead of trees, and mountains
Reaching up... Read More
I bought a jar of face cream just the other day
And, entre nous, it really was expensive;
Could I believe the wondrous claims it made?
The list went on, and it was most extensive.
&nbs... Read More