Sydney Poetry
A social site for poets in Sydney.
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Blog Posts
An Excerpt from My Autobiography.
Posted by Cynthia Lewis-Jones on February 28, 2014 at 8:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
When I returned from Asia, to the UK, in the year 1995 with my small daughter, who was only nine years old, we went to live in Lewes, the capital of East Sussex. I was in my late thirties. We lived an idyllic life there; full of quality: good fresh food and air; honest, kind, straight forward people; my daughter loved it there. She made so many friends on her first day at school. When she came home she said 'I've made five friends Mummy...and they are all like me...they speak English!…
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Posted by Dermott Ryder on February 24, 2014 at 12:42 0 Comments 1 Like
There was a time when I travelled the valleys of South Wales quite extensively. I have clear, sometimes dramatic, memories of battling both the roads and the elements. I remember Rhymney, Llanilleth, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Brecon Beacons, Merthyr Tydfil, Bryn-Mawr, Black Mountain and the Heads of the Valley Road.
Sitting in the quiet of the local library,
I seek enlightenment in an antediluvian
on-loan tome, available to own only
from a mail-order book…
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Something Like a God
Started by Nectarios Loving in Member Poetry Mar 2. 0 Replies 0 Likes
warped leveland the stitched up upshot drains out the animus,ante considered,holding onto every inchup till every inch is drained,asphyxiated-and the last drop…Continue
Something for a rainy day
Started by Paul O'Loughlin in Member Poetry Mar 1. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Cutting Along the Line You cut through meWith your sharp witOr sharp tongue- I'm sure it is forked - You cut me between what you will keep, and what to disperse:Apparently you'll keep the combined financial gains of our relationship- the house- the…Continue
Fabulous Creatures
Started by Cynthia Lewis-Jones in Discussions Mar 1. 0 Replies 0 Likes
The first time I encountered humming birds was at the Myrtle Bank Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. There were these tiny little colourful things, so small that they would fit in the palm of my eleven year old hand, descending and hovering in front of…Continue
Bullying/Slander/Harrassment...etc., etc., etc.
Started by Cynthia Lewis-Jones in Discussions Feb 27. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Monkeys from the Zoo do it...Even Arrogant Kangaroos do itPigs, Rats, and Mice do itBut don't you do it!Don't Bully Anyone.Children do it...Teenagers do it...Even the teachers at the school do itDon't do it!Don't Bully Anyone.Ambassadors and Kings…Continue
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Performances.
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Welcome to Sydney Poetry
A site for poets in Sydney, Australia to talk, share events, gossip, tell tall tales and small tales too, and generally stay informed.
Join in. Comment on a forum topic or even start one. Check out the groups and if you don't see one for you, start a new group. Add your poetry events. Invite your poet friends to join.
Let us know what you think of the site, we'd love to hear your suggestions and if anything doesn't make sense.
Please read the longer welcome for more on what this is all about.
PS: Follow us on twitter: @sydneypoetry (and site members too: @sydneypoetry/members).
Join in. Comment on a forum topic or even start one. Check out the groups and if you don't see one for you, start a new group. Add your poetry events. Invite your poet friends to join.
Let us know what you think of the site, we'd love to hear your suggestions and if anything doesn't make sense.
Please read the longer welcome for more on what this is all about.
PS: Follow us on twitter: @sydneypoetry (and site members too: @sydneypoetry/members).
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