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Poem for the Day - The MonroesThe Monroes
Back in the 50s I grew up
with the Monroes.
There were so many children
in the family you lost count.
I remember Billy, the eldest,
Bobby, Jane and Susy, then there were
two sets of twins. Later, more
babies, a…Read More
Poem for the Day - Bon VoyageBon Voyage
The day we buried grandma
the day of five funerals
a day when fun hid itself
behind the trees
with the bees
yes, that day of dark cloud,
mounds and rounds
of soft grey earth
I wanted to say to the lowering,…Read More
Poem for the Day - Penguins in FrostPenguins in Frost
Ice cased Adelie penguins
after a blizzard at Cape Denison
photo by Frank Hurley,
National Library of Australia.
White glossed, unbearably chilled
these penguins are piqued in glare
nothing moves …Read More
Poem for the Day - The Green WallThe Green Wall
From my window
I see a green wall.
A quiet space with only the sounds
of shoes passing by.
In Sendai, one thousand two hundred
people have lost their shoes.
They float by windows
like tiny boats sailing
on a…Read More
Helen Hagemann holds an MA in Writing from Edith Cowan University, has three poetry books: Evangelyne & Other Poems published by Australian Poetry, Melbourne (2009) and of Arc & Shadow published by Sunline Press, Perth (2013). Bounty: prose poetry is published by Oz.one Publishing in 2024. She has three novels published The Last Asbestos Town (2020), The Ozone Café (2021) and The Five Lives of Ms Bennett a result of her Masters degree at ECU (2006), is published by Oz.one Publishing (2023).
Sunday, March 06, 2011
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Chuckles!
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