Poetry

The Hamilton’s halls poem

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Ai generated image

Inside a ninth floor suite of natural neutrals accented by tropical hues
Light lofty stateroom habitat of linen clad lovelies
Warm breezy beach vibes have a palm frond northern view
A timely bijoux retreat for two naive nomadic flamingo sages
To cook entertain chill and enjoy the twilight decades

Beyond flopsy hatted humans hasten along the Hamilton’s halls
Kaleidoscopic thongs flip flopping euphonically
Poolside accessory laden utility trollies jostling elevator bound
Transferring the host to resort style amenities
Dotty striped and floral flavoured swim wearers
Recline relax relinquish the stressors
Smiling sunny clad solar seekers sail by

Panic attacks poem

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Innocent email.
Amygdala prickles-
Lazily uncoiling.

Chest thudding,
Unable to crescendo,
Unable to breathe.

Soft hissing, whoosh;
Light-headed sway.

Meg takes my hand;
Gently urging,
Deep controlled breaths:
I am okay.
Really-yes-
I am okay.

Amygdala fully awakens.

Tears well.
Tumble.
Uncontrollably cleansing.

Hands tremble.

Colleagues swoop.
Futile attempts,
To help;
Too many logins.
Account blocked.

Password reset.
Re-authenticating.

Password reset.
Re-authenticating.

Voicemail: off.
Out-of-office: on.

Amygdala dormant.

Air soft against skin-
Trembling still.

Cracked poem

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Post deluge

Cracked poem

Workload
Presses.
Push-pull processes
Contain,
Constrict.

Client’s accusations
Repeated ad nauseum-
Words of what’s not;
“Not personal” allegations.

Disbelief at
Venomous diatribe of
Denunciation in an open forum;
Labelled assertiveness,
Unsatisfactory:
Communication,
Responsiveness,
Collaboration.

Serpentine untruths ensnare.
Shocked defence falls on deaf ears;
Is this narcissism or intimidation?

Humiliating threads tighten, pulling,
Reopening dealt with scenarios.

Searing stress surges forth,
Wringing panic pervades,
Ruminating anxiety builds
To numbing worthlessness.

Tumultuous tears tear,
Renting body emotions spew.

Rage twists to shame and guilt.

Peripheral whispers

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Peripheral whispers

During futile maintenance of the countenance,
Peripheral whispers of carelessness
Unexpectedly seep forth –
Barely there.
Phantom faces and places drift across mind’s eye,
Borne by indolent apathy.
“If I had …”
“Oh too late, too bad, so sad.”
Like illegible, lichen-encrusted tombstones,
Untethered names no longer hold meaning.
Stories with no one to tell them
Languish; become extinguished.
A brisk 6 am walk staves off the Winter chill.
Aboard the 300, meandering melancholic musings inspire this prose.

Time for change

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Time for change

Sunday serenity disrupted:
“Zee-earning” dirt bikes,
Mowers rattle ‘n’ roar,
Whipper snippers “Buzz-err-err-zeeping”,
Avian cacophony; “chit chat,” “caw,” “screech,” “tweet tweet tweeting,” and
Insane, incessant insects thrumming.
Planning. Packing. Downsizing.
Time waits for no one.

Calm restored-
This view’s days are numbered.
Midas’ late afternoon light
Gilds the garden,
Revealing lush, emerald vibrance.
Warmth wanes; wakening, Winter wins-
Heralding pastures new.

Unkind opine

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Gemini ai created image

Observation by another
Finding whiskers wanting
Stones in glass houses!
Why am I bothered?
Widow tells tale of
Bride’s imbibe bribe
Forever begone the beard shed
Then wed; to an early grave led?
Rather than hark and heed
Is it not better to
Know and love thyself first?

Sunset returns

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Weary tears
Moisten lower lashes
Insufficient to fall free
Achy orbital cavities
Constrict the oculi
Head wrenching yawns
Cause sore jaw
Ear piercing pain
Drills drum deep
Bark parched throat clenches
Crunched up squashed in
Fifty minutes’ commute
Will soon be over

From having to being

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Earth’s magnetism channeled through beings,
Is it a catelyst for amassing?
Maybe it arose after emancipation from a modest childhood
And Mom’s mission of making do?
Or perhaps a mammal’s natural need for nesting?
Necessities and niceties for a fuzzy bunny to attract a big cat mate?
Three score years of accepting, acquiring, accumulating.
Even emigrating, moving interstate; a reluctance to release, relinquish and renounce as we ‘may need it one day’.
As hour grains run faster, we the tiger and the rabbit reflect and act upon reality;
The compulsion for conservation of capitalist commodities has contracted.
Burdensome belongings bring joy no more.
Deliberately we’re divesting, downsizing, disencumbering.
With lightness of mind body and soul,
We are distilling dreams to design a direct destination,
Carefully eking out the remainder for our next stage of life.

One winter Wednesday

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One winter Wednesday, wee wan Willy Weasel whistles wistfully,
Why’re wide-eyed whelk, Wellington’s waist worn white wings waving without wind?
Wellington, Wellie-to-friends, wobbles wildly, whizzing, whirring, wending
To Wollongong wedding of Wendy Weevil to Willow Winkle.
Wendy’s award winning women’s weaves once won, way-beyond Willow’s winding wastewater wicking widget.
What a wonderful wardrobe they’ll wangle!
Wander welcomes welterweight Wombat, Walter wearing weather worn wafer-thin western wove wheat-sheaves.
Wicked waiter, Wilfred watches whilst wading in the weeds,
Whittled walnut water-raft whooshes in Wembley Womble Witch and Wakefield Whale Wizard, whispering worthwhile words to witty Wandering Wolf, Winston.
Winsome Wensleydale Wench, Winnie has the where with all to warn of a woefully wavering weighty wonton wagon whisking towards the waterfall.
Wow, wiggling Worcestershire Worm, Winona get’s to work on the wailing wheels with wooden wedges.
Willy Weazel whiffs the scent of wafting wedding whisky, wondering whether the weather will warm.

I am someone who’s:

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Almost a teenager

Diligent

Self-effacing

Scatter-brained

Passionately curious

Bored with the mundane of copy paste updating and repetition that could be completed by optical character recognition and coding

Solving problems by identifying, sorting, and organising filaments of information into threads to plait into a rope to hold on to as we take steps toward a goal

Me