Poetry & Short Stories Archives - Page 2 Of 31

A Fado Poem – Geoff Holloway

Eyes that happen to seduce – as only scorpionic eyes know how; cartographically performed, passionate, forlorn and fatalistic; Greenland melts – awash...

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Poems – Protecting Our Natural Assets

1. Torched They scorched the earth, every – living – thing; torched it to death while the registers sung. What were they...

A Valentines' Day Poem on Election Announcement Day 5

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A Valentines’ Day Poem on Election Announcement Day

Labor is red, Liberals are blue; Hey other options! I’m lusting for you … – Anon

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Promises (a Fado poem)

‘Não quero que me prometas a lua e o firmamento, quero apenas que me digas que me tens no pensamento’, The moon...

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The Cone of Silence in Tasmania

I wrote this poem in response to The Monthly article ‘The Rotten Core’ by Nick Feik (Feb, 2024). The Cone of Silence...

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You’re The Solution Too

Do not let the sun go down on your anger, nor the moon see your rage. Let not the rain see you...

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Singled Man

Gentled ejection, choice honed by Hobson; Leave, live in garage. Join ranks of life-losers, the disposable date-expired. Loss of relationship, wounding....