Sydney Poetry
A social site for poets in Sydney.
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Poems and Rhymes for your reading pleasure.
Posted by Country Boy on December 7, 2013 at 20:39 0 Comments 0 Likes
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NEWPORT FIFTY YEARS ON
Posted by Dermott Ryder on November 25, 2013 at 14:14 0 Comments 2 Likes
Somewhere in the inspirational past an erudite lecturer of economics introduced me and my fellow inebriates to the maxim ‘there are lies, damned lies and statistics’, it has remained with me as a guiding light throughout my working life, so much so that, with apologies to Mark Twain [1835-1910] I often paraphrase it into support of other arguments.
I use the term argument not in a contentious way, a dispute where there is strong disagreement, but as a fact…
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RESTRAINING ORDER
Started by Guy Peppin in Member Poetry yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Time in all it's phasesappears upon the floor,shadows take the placeswhere they were before.Will you wait? (for me)until I scream!? (at you)will you wait? (for me)until I've had enough!? (of you)...and even then (you'll wait)until, and wish until,…Continue
Green Mornings
Started by Guy Peppin in Member Poetry yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Oh, how jealous I amof the morning sun,that gets to wake you.Oh, how envious I amof the warm cup,that touches your lips.Oh, how greenly, I resentall the morning things,that are not me.Guy PeppinContinue
Everyday Ecstasies
Started by Christopher Michaels in Member Poetry on Saturday. 0 Replies 0 Likes
This poem is the first in a series about the most mundane activities of everyday life. Now up to 26 poems, on subjects like "Waking Up", "Showering", "shitting", "Breakfast", "Brushing Teeth", "Housekeeping", etcEveryday…Continue
Summer staccato
Started by Victoria in Member Poetry Dec 5. 0 Replies 0 Likes
I'll lie here in the tricksy summer swell...Of perfumed heated evenings that cool the fires of hell.Sydney southerly busts through,All windows open, curtains blew.Tenses warped and wounded,The changing summer beat and pounded...I'll lie here in the…Continue
Events
December 5
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Call for Submissions to Australian Latino Press
December 5, 2013 at 6pm to February 14, 2014 at 11:45pm – online
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Pitt Street Poetry Christmas Party
December 20, 2013 from 6pm to 9pm – 398 Pitt St Sydney
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Performances.
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