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Well, here it is -     jamesjottings.blogspot.comIn addition, a few other contact methods -   www.nwg-inc.comGmail - rimeriter@gmail.comSkype :    jimspain1…Continue

Aussie as she is.

Started Oct 10, 2011 0 Replies

Aussie Outback. Rough and rugged winding coastline, between the oceans and the sea.
 Lost and lonely is the Outback,lacking sustenance to share.Arid Plains and Ancient Mountains, in a land remote and…Continue

Tags: Rimeriter., Spinifex, Outback, Aussie

Paraprosdokian 2 :

Started this discussion. Last reply by Andy Glenn Jul 27, 2011. 1 Reply

"She got her good looks from her father,                                    he's a plastic surgeon".Continue

What is ?

Started Jul 8, 2011 0 Replies

A Paraprosdokian : To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; To steal from many is research.*Continue

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Bush Birds.

Maggie comes to Town.He had flown across the mountain, because the water’s runnin’ low,parched lands were increasing day by day.He travelled to the city where the rivers were in flow,found them pleasant and decided he might stay.It was the Georges, where he landed, to have a look around,found a lake with tall timber at its edge.Sighing She-oaks spindled branches waving gently in the breezewhile along the low embankment, sign of sedge.High branches with green foliage, somewhat similar to…See More
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"What am I up to ? - being a bit cranky ! Because my postings are jammed together and I cannot find how to correct them."
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Tethered to the World.

Twenty First Birthday CelebrationNational Year of Reading Holroyd City CouncilLibrary Service2012*** We commemorate this celebrationin carefully chosen ways by rememberingHenry Lawsonand his classicRoaring DaysHe says –The night too quickly passesand we are growing oldso let us fill our glasses and toast theDays of Gold ;when finds of wondrous treasureset all the South ablaze,when you and I were faithful matesall through the roaring days !*****Ah, then our hearts were bolderand if Dame Fortune…See More
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Well, here it is -     jamesjottings.blogspot.comIn addition, a few other contact methods -   www.nwg-inc.comGmail - rimeriter@gmail.comSkype :    jimspain1http://www.abpa.org.au/rimeriterhttp://www.sydneypoetry.com/JimSpain orGoogle search - RimeriterJim.A backward poet who writes inverse.See More
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Jim Spain commented on Adrian Wiggins's event 'Poetry at the SMSA: The Romantics'
""Thank you"  Jim."
Feb 13
Jim Spain liked Nigel Ford's blog post The No Name Poem By The No Name Poet
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Red Centre.

Ayres Rock.1952.                                                              Nestling in a desert wastelandis this monolith of fame,perhaps a creature quietly sleeping,omniscient, oh! so tame.Knowing all but seeing nothingas many others pass it bywhile it dwells in concentrationunderneath a pale blue sky. Raw,coarse textures paint its surface,colours vary, changing light.Intense moods in many huesdeepen with approaching night.Dark and brooding under starlight,then with the coming dawn,shifting…See More
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"Please consider 'Rhymed Poetry' for inclusion 2013. "Thank you" Jim."
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DEEP CORRIDORS: Writing in the West at Bankstown Arts Centre

April 13, 2012 all day
This fortnightly symposium will run over eight weeks in the lead up to Youth Week exploring film, music, performance art and literature in South-West Sydney. The resulting event, Mobilise Western Sydney Day 2012, will see young people from Bankstown, Blacktown and everywhere in between converge and create a festival featuring short performance works, films and live music. All events have catering.The Deep Corridors forums will be held in the Bankstown Arts Centre Courtyard from 7pm-9pm every…See More
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Jim Spain commented on Adrian Wiggins's event 'Poetry at the SMSA: The Romantics'
"Please consider rhymed and unrhymed poetry for 2013. Jim."
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"It will delight me to submit an item. Hopefully it will be considered to be 'on topic'. Rimeriter."
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"I believe weekly will be best. Jim"
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Naracoorte Nonsense.

Naracoorte Nonsense ? Two tiny steam engines following alongboth of them singing their sweet little song,sucking up dust, spreading to air,the farmer must feel downhearted despair.But no !He is just - clover seed harvesting.Collecting seeds, expelling some dust,think him a little deranged if you must. Five bags to the acre, not measured in tonnes,compared to other grains, then it’s bag up or bust. Sixteen harvesters working all dayfilling one silo wont bring in much pay. ©. Rimeriter  5/1/12.See More
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Jim Spain commented on Jim Spain's blog post Humble Habitat.
"Thanks Ken. If ever you are nearby the area, please take time to sit amongst our earlier Australia. Sanctity for the soul. Did we ever find the lightning struck Moreton Bay fig in Fairfield that day ?"
Jan 6
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Jan 4

Aussie Stuff.

My  Australia.

 

Australia My Land,

one nation and free,

an island of beauty encircled by sea.

 

Great mountain ranges, deserts of gold,

mysterious secrets yet to be told.

Plains so extensive, rivers and gorges,

beauty and splendour a canvas it forges.

Snowcapped escarpments waterfall spun,

crystals of brilliance vibrate in the sun.

Birds in a spectrum of colour and light,

myriads of rainbows banking in flight.

 

My land, Australia,

much more to behold, an artistic canvas of

green, silver and gold.

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©1997.

NOTE - unable to make this paste into Poetry area ??

 

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Bush Birds.

Posted on May 26, 2012 at 16:09 0 Comments

Maggie comes to Town.



He had flown across the mountain, because the water’s runnin’ low,

parched lands were increasing day by day.

He travelled to the city where the rivers were in flow,

found them pleasant and decided he might stay.

It was the Georges, where he landed, to have a look around,

found a lake with tall timber at its edge.

Sighing She-oaks spindled branches waving gently in the…

Continue

Tethered to the World.

Posted on February 21, 2012 at 11:04 0 Comments

Twenty First Birthday Celebration

National Year of Reading

 

Holroyd City Council

Library Service

2012

***

 

We commemorate this celebration

in carefully chosen ways by remembering

Henry Lawson…

Continue

Red Centre.

Posted on February 13, 2012 at 16:28 0 Comments

Ayres Rock.

1952.                                                              

Nestling in a desert wasteland

is this monolith of fame,

perhaps a creature quietly sleeping,

omniscient, oh! so tame.

Knowing all but seeing nothing

as many others pass it by

while it dwells in concentration…

Continue

Naracoorte Nonsense.

Posted on January 13, 2012 at 15:32 0 Comments

Naracoorte Nonsense ?

 

Two tiny steam engines following along

both of them singing their sweet little song,

sucking up dust, spreading to air,

the farmer must feel downhearted despair.

But no !

He is just - clover seed harvesting.

Collecting seeds, expelling some dust,…

Continue

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At 17:46 on June 11, 2011, Adrian Wiggins said…
Hi Jim, and welcome to the Sydney Poetry social site.

This is a social site built by the poets (and friends) of Sydney (and surrounds) for the poets (and friends) of Sydney (and surrounds).

You can:

This being a social site the more we all do here the more interesting it becomes for everyone. 

 

There's no membership fee, and no editor deciding what gets published (there is though just a bit of post facto moderation to keep it clean and on-topic).

 

So others here know a bit more about your interest in poetry it'd be great if you introduced yourself with a few words in a post or the text box on your profile page.


I hope you enjoy your time on the site and find it useful, and please let us know what you think.

 

Best wishes,

Adrian

At 16:28 on September 6, 2011, Ken Setter said…

Hi Jim

Thanks mate, I was feeling a bit lonely. Not come to grips with the way things work around here yet 

Ken Setter

At 14:16 on September 23, 2011, Ken Setter said…
Think I might be getting a bit of a handle on this thing mate. Like your photos.

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