At about 13 years of age I wrote my 1ST poems. My love of poetry was Encouraged greatly, by my foster Mother & Grandmother.
Although I still liked poetry, as a teen, I had no friends who wrote or read poetry and trying to impress my (bogun) mates with literature would have been social suicide!
Not until my thirties, did I take up writng again. And I'm pleased with the reactions I have received, which is mostly positive.
'Tis on the art of reaving
peeples do not gland
So guvel up all reavings
and spread them out the land.
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Australia is a teenager
Ready, to leave home
It's time to let go of the apron strings
and face the world, on our own.
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Ten years have gone by
and, I haven't forgotten my little girl
one thing I know for sure
it's now, a very different world
...
Be steady, be calm
While the dogs of unruliness, surround you
Their energy though fierce
Soon shall expire
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