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The Poet - A Poem

Pen, pencil, chalk, knife

It doesn't matter to the poet.

Anything to wrap his fingers around

It doesn't matter to the poet.



Something worn, something used,

Some old song, somewhat abused,

It doesn't matter to the poet

He'll use it.



Wandering in the day, as he does everyday

No work, no money, no honey

Appreciating trees and fleas

And a cold winter's breeze -

That's what his poems are made of.

But it doesn't matter to… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on March 20, 2010 at 10:14 — 5 Comments

Whales, ships and surprise harpoons.

Just renewed an old acquaintenceship with Chris Pash (Author of The Last Whale) through Plaxo. I wrote him this:



"Nice to connect to you here, Chris.



Took some great photos of old whaling stuff at the Fremantle Maritime Museum on the weekend. A young boy there thought that "whale pellets" were whale food. I gently explained what they were, used to be used for and why we don't have them anymore. His parents were happy, too. There is still a lot of education…

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Added by Lesley Dewar on March 15, 2010 at 20:00 — No Comments

Expose Yourself To Art

One of the most famous picture posters in the world is called "Expose Yourself To Art".



Lots of my Twitter friends were looking at the video about Vincent Van Gogh and listening to Don McLean's beautiful song after I sent it to them. One of them was @omaniblog.



Paul O'Mahony commented that he showed it to his (very) young daughter, Grace, who loved the music and the paintings.



I was tempted to respond that it is never "too early to expose children to art", but…

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Added by Lesley Dewar on March 4, 2010 at 22:30 — No Comments

Google and Hungry Beast (ABC March 3rd, 2010)

Did you see "Hungry Beast" on the ABC last night. They created a fantstic visage / montage of all of Google's services that ended up looking like Darth Vader. Google's slogan: "Do No Evil" It was a very scary outcome.

Added by Lesley Dewar on March 4, 2010 at 21:53 — 2 Comments

Boneyard

Dressed in suits of twilight

Crying in dresses of satin

Spades in hand

Springtime in the boneyard



Cathedrals of wood

Stand weeping

As the birds watch

Fragile on the branches



Low mounds of stone

Bearing silent messages

They are unable to hear

Any mourners dull groans



The birds are singing

Amongst the bees in the boneyard

The soft winds of spring

Breathe life

Back into the boneyard… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on March 4, 2010 at 19:50 — 20 Comments

Poetry by Colin Hope and Christian Coulter

While Dad and I were doing some more work, organizing the HO and deciding what needed to be thrown away; could be given away and what to keep, I found Colin's book of Poetry. He gave it to Robbie and me as a Christmas Present in 1993; some of the poems are written by him, his friend Christian Coulter or in conjunction with one another.

Their book of poems is called "Observations on Chaos Theory" (Copyright) 1993.…

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Added by Lesley Dewar on March 4, 2010 at 18:30 — 1 Comment

Be A Hell Raiser And A Fund Raiser For SOML

Come and support the Save Our Marine Life campaign by sharing a night of great music, fun times and knowing it's for a damn good reason, too. March 26th, 2010 at the Funk Club in Leederville…

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Added by Lesley Dewar on March 2, 2010 at 21:30 — 1 Comment

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