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Maureen
Posted on: Feb 23 17, 01:51


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FOLLOW THAT DREAM ... Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBark Poet

I saw a star and followed it
its sparkle drew me on.
I wore a mask so none would see
behind it - hope had gone.
Love stole my heart I recollect
I paid the tax and more
to free myself from purgatory...
I had been there before
but thought this would be different.
What a fool I was for sure;
must have been drunk on Burgundy.
No champagne - did I pour.
The first time I was twenty
we were both joined at the hip.
The last time I was sixty
and I thought 'twould be a snip
to share life and love together
an adventure it would be.
I was wrong, and once more wear the mask.
I'll share no more of me.

Words used - star love stole tax recollect burgundy snip twenty mask sparkle
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Maureen
Posted on: Feb 9 17, 23:07


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We have work from some poets who are new to TAT in this issue - and they are very welcome to our magazine, and we welcome back Sylvia Evelyn - Sylvia, from Argentina, wrote for some of our very first issues. It is good to be able to share her work again.

Celest Du Bois shares a very clever Double Etheree poem with us - now there's a challenge for you poets out there.

We are currently taking submissions for the March/April issues so please do feel free to send some of your poems in to us for consideration. All the details of How-When-Where are in the magazine on the "So you want to know more' pages.

All of our magazines are free of charge and all you need to do to read them is to log in with an email address...https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazi…/poetry/issue/503/…
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Posted on: Dec 30 16, 05:55


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Here it is - our final issue of TAT POETRY - The Australia Times Poetry Magazine for 2016 - we shared 26 issues with our readers, poets and friends this year and I hope you love this one. I am very proud of this particular front cover - read the mag and you will see why .

Wishing each and every one of you a Happy New Year and a bright and prosperous 2017 - I know I am looking forward to sharing more poetry with you all over the next 12 months God willing.

Keep those submissions coming - between us we can make poetry happen. https://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/426/
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Maureen
Posted on: Dec 3 16, 20:48


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Enjoy the read - the latest issue of our TAT Poetry emagazine has just gone on line. We have another bumper issue for our readers to enjoy leading off with some great Aussie Bush Poetry, some beaut photos, and poetry from around the world and all free of charge for your enjoyment. Check out our other magazines as well - we cover everything from Antiques to the Aussie Outback.. The Australia Times Poetry Magazine
http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/424/
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Maureen
Posted on: Nov 18 16, 20:08


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After the events of the last fortnight across the world I suspect that we all perhaps need some good #poetry to uplift our souls, in a world that seems filled with war, suffering and sadness - when everything else crumbles into dust, poetry remains.

Another issue chock a block full with a variety of poetry styles from poets around the world. Our lovely front cover is of #Uluru surrounded by #wildflowers
http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/423/
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Maureen
Posted on: Nov 4 16, 20:32


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The wildflowers are blooming across Australia right now - good rains have ensured a great show. So what better poem to start the magazine than WILD FLOWERS OF AUSTRALIA ...written by Caroline Carleton in 1811 - a delightful poem that has stood the test of time ... in addition we share poetry from our poets around the world for your reading enjoyment, there is lots of good reading in this issue.
I am currently taking submissions for the December issues of the mag but the spots are filling fast, so if any of our MM members would like to submit work for consideration please feel free to do so. This address will find me ...maureen,clifford@theaustraliatimes.com.au

http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazi ... issue/422/

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Maureen
Posted on: Jul 14 16, 22:30


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Our 3rd Anniversary issue of The Australia Times online poetry magazine. The mag is completely free for your enjoyment and full of poetry from Australian and overseas writers..Enjoy..http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/414/
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Maureen
Posted on: May 6 16, 02:41


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Hot off the presses our online E mag has just gone live - http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazi ... issue/409/

All of our mags are completely free to read - just sign in to access them. We are taking submissions for July issues currently, so please feel free to submit work to us.If you like our mag then please do share our link on your own social network pages and help get our poetic voices heard around the world
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Posted on: Apr 23 16, 04:40


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I am very proud to be able to share our ANZAC day edition with readers here at MM. Currently I am taking submissions for our June issues so please do feel free to share some of your work with my international audience of poets and poetry lovers - all the details on how to submit work are in the magazine and all you need to do is to sign in to access any of the magazines free of charge. I promise to treat your poetic babies with care ... http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/408/
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Posted on: Apr 23 16, 04:35


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I really like this poem - it struck a chord with me - especially this line
We only needed papyrus
to safeguard permanence


I was visualizing ancient Egypt, the Nile area, ancient temples as I read...that maybe at odds with your writing but was the picture clearly etched in my head. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing it.
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Posted on: Apr 23 16, 04:30


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It's always hard IMO writing in the vernacular so I think you have done very well with this.
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Posted on: Apr 23 16, 04:24


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G'day Larry - Delighted you read it and found something to like - please do critique it - I forgot to put the ***'s I've done it now. Bush Poetry does have a format and rules/guidelines - The objectives of the Australian Bush Poets Association is to foster and encourage the growth of Bush Poetry in Australia. By definition, Australian Bush Poetry is metred and rhymed poetry about Australia, Australians and/or the Australian way of life.... but then again unless one is entering competitions with the piece, Rafferty's Rules are often acceptable and more so if it is a performance piece. :)
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Maureen
Posted on: Apr 21 16, 17:28


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This one's for Sylvia - another doggy tale.


JACK AND MYRPHY…Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBark Poet


Two old dogs - Jack and Myrphy, one a Blue, one bitzer – brown,
decided to escape their yard and head off into town
for a little adventure, and a chance to hit the halls
of the school and parish church, where they knew kids had balls.

They crossed the highway into town. Lucky the Kenny missed.
The driver hit the air horn, more than a trifle pissed
off with bloody dogs and roos, he cursed through tight clenched teeth
"lucky I missed the pair of them – hate cleaning underneath".

The two dogs found the oval where the kids were eating lunch
which gave the added bonus of a canine type free brunch.
The kids played touch and cricket, so Myrphy and Jack did too.
Jack was a darn good fielder and old Myrph a Socceroo.

The kids were having lots of fun and both dogs were excited.
The Nuns it seems not so much for these dogs were uninvited.
They called the shire council advising two stray dogs they’d found,
wandering on the oval. Was the dog catcher around?

The dog catcher turned up inside the big white council truck
with cages on the back - it seems the dogs were out of luck.
They led him such a merry chase – the kids shouting and squealing
and Myrphy thought he’d get some practice in the art of heeling.

The dogs raced through the schoolyard with the catcher in pursuit,
a bloke now long past fifty, overweight and quite hirsute.
The dogs raced through an open door and straight into the church,
where Nuns though knelt for Angelus – nearly fell off their perch.

By now old Myrph was blowing hard and Jack, he’d had enough.
They’d best skedaddle out of there. Party was getting rough.
The Nuns were having hissy fits, some small kids had hysterics.
The dogcatcher was sweating cobs, likewise the local clerics.

So with a bark and wagging tail they bade the kids goodbye
and headed back the way they came, their spirits mighty high.
They leapt the fence at their place, settled down for doggy naps
on chairs on the verandah like two aged and quiet chaps.

Their Master coming home that night was not the least aware
of the mayhem and the mischief caused by his loved canine pair.
He noticed his dogs snoring as the evening sunlight waned.
The council sent a letter. Subject – Dogs must be restrained.
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Maureen
Posted on: Apr 21 16, 17:18


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Thank you Syl - my dog count to date is 12 - that's with my new little mate Khamah-D Blue. That's a lot of dogs and each one of them dearly loved and never forgotten.
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Posted on: Apr 8 16, 00:01


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Here it is - our special edition that is promoting the historic town of Ipswich and the Ipswich Poetry Feast which commences on the 17th April. As always the magazine is full of some beaut Aussie poetry. so kick your shoes off, relax and enjoy the read ...If you have not already applied for viewing rights just click onto the blue subscribe free button to enable you to read this and any of the mags available - all completely free .

we are currently taking submission for May/June issues - all details of how to submit your work are on the magazines information page - Want to know more? http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/magazine/poetry/issue/407/

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Posted on: Mar 20 16, 20:39


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Thank you Syl for your careful and considered response - I will try to address the issues raised.

How are things going with you? I do hope you are back in a happy place.
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Posted on: Mar 20 16, 20:30


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I liked your poem - my Dad came from the North of England from Preston so some of the phrases you used were familiar to me. Pet and northern hen made me laugh. My Gran used to refer to me as Pet all the time and her conversations were liberally sprinkled with Hen.

Putting the link in as Syl has done for you is a good idea especially as people from other areas otherwise don't understand where your poem is coming from.

I enjoyed the read several times. Thank you for sharing it.
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Posted on: Mar 20 16, 20:23


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A nice write Luce - my only nit pick would be that in the first 2 stanzas you are talking about the horses and then reading the 3rd stanza I am thinking to myself this doesn't sound right - Some run, others crawl - horses don't crawl. Reading on of course I realize we are now talking about another animal all together ....

Perhaps just to separate the two in the readers eye you might find some other way to show the difference or consider adding the words nearby and animals and reversing the first line - eg.

Nearby, other animals crawl, some run,
but all grasp for a foothold
in the twilight and a place
among the violets.
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Posted on: Mar 20 16, 20:13


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Thanks Syl for reading and also pointing out those odd ??? punctuation marks that were showing - I have fixed them now.

I actually wrote this poem from a NewZealand /English perspective rather than Australian - properties there are smaller and farmers/shepherds do check their flocks on foot. Here in Australia once the sheep are out in the main paddocks which are often thousand of acres in size they pretty much have to fend for themselves, although we always bought our lambing ewes into our 100 acre paddock next to the house so that we could keep an eye on them - having said that farmers in Tasmania doubtless would relate as they have heavy snows there and also breed sheep.

A tor is a small rocky outcrop or hill - I've put a piccie of one of my old ewes on top of the hill next to the house

Thank you for reading and commenting and I am delighted you liked it - you can't go wrong writing poetry about dogs :)
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Posted on: Mar 20 16, 19:54


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Thanks Eira - I moved that sneaky 'is' word that had attached itself to the wrong line - I think it reads much better now. Pleased you liked it.
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Posted on: Mar 19 16, 06:04


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I like this poem Antony - I grew up in Margate so that caught my eye - my only query would be should the word have been cheapskate rather than cheapstake ? Although I did wonder if that may have been a bit of word play relating to a cheap butchers shop but then that would have been cheapsteak and do Primark sell meat? ... It's not a chain we have here in Australia so I am unfamiliar with it. Apologies in advance if I am wrong.
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WHO WILL MOURN FOR EWAN JONES? ***
Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBark Poet


Old Ewan Jones lives alone on the moors
with Kip his black collie with snowy white paws
their home is a shack beneath the soaring tors.
When he dies, who will mourn Ewan's passing?

That winter was cold, the snow thick on the ground
the sheep mobbed together in drifts
by low stony walls, seeking shelter of sorts
from the icy winds. Some death stole swift.
Seems time and again Ewan rescued small lambs
that were cast by the snow in their fleece.
'twas warmth from their dams that had kept them alive.
Ewan prayed for this snowstorm to cease.

Though buried in snow and not easily seen
his dog Kip found their scent with his nose
and stood there and barked till old Ewan caught up
with his shovel, the sheep to disclose.
The workload was heavy and Ewan was old
there was no time to rest or to eat.
Too busy at saving his flock from the cold
he gave no thought to his sodden feet.

With fever one night Ewan shivered and shook
laboured breath rasping deep in his chest.
Kip lay at his feet. Knew his master was crook.
Could do nothing. Against Ewan pressed.
When thin morning light filtered through dirty glass
both the fire and old Ewan were cold.
Kip whimpered and placed a paw on Ewan's knee
but no morning instructions were told.

No kettle was steaming, no dishes were placed
and no fire warmed the old wooden shack.
Kip went to his master, once more licked his face,
nudged his arm saying "soon I'll be back."
Then Kip pushed the window that never would latch
tight and bounded out into the snow.
Streaking like a rocket across snowy hills
and pastures, knowing where he must go.

The farmer heard barking insistent and loud
at the door and he jumped up to see
the black collie there, agitated, alarmed;
running out and then back - a banshee.
"What's up Kip, where's Ewan?" The farmer called out.
"Be a good lad and come here to me".
But Kip yipped and yapped, turning circles, then ran
to the gate displaying urgency.

The message was given its meaning was clear
and he followed the dog through the snow.
He entered the shack where Ewan lay at rest,
in deaths cold embrace. His last beau.
The collie lay down beside his master's chair
with his black head upon his white paws.
A great sigh escaped him as his brown eyes watched.
He was bereft and death was the cause.

Old Ewan Jones lived alone on the moors
with Kip his black collie with snowy white paws
their home was a shack beneath the soaring tors.
When he died, who there mourned Ewan's passing?
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Posted on: Mar 19 16, 05:50


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I love it - your poem and Ice-cream. I am completely in ignorance of this poetic form but you have made me want to know more. Isn't it beaut how we can continue to learn even as we age.....I am intending to have a go at a Rictameter myself
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Maureen
Posted on: Mar 17 16, 19:07


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No idea Luce - I don't write to form I just write poetry laugh.gif It's rhyming poetry
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Posted on: Mar 16 16, 18:15


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As some of you may be aware I edit and compile a free Poetry Magazine each fortnight, just one of over 30 magazines for The Australia Times - and currently I am taking submissions for June/July editions of the magazine....so if any one would like to submit their work for consideration please feel free to do so. Some of our MM members already do so and have been published several times.

Details of how to submit are in the magazine - simply check in on the blue subscribe free tab, fill in the details of the mags that interest you and away you go......http://www.theaustraliatimes.com/
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