tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321105332026-01-16T13:48:21.315+13:00To Write is to Dream...What inspires one to write? For me it is an irresistible urge to assemble words together that results in the creation of imagery that I experience when I look at the world around me. I can not remember a time that I was not writing, especially poetry. To write a poem is to use the fewest words to create a glimpse into a new world or perspective.<p>By Allison Brown</p>Allison Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15421003416125711649noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-47024470927292059202025-05-20T22:43:00.000+12:002025-05-20T22:43:31.974+12:00Through the darkness ...<p dir="ltr">Am I stuck spiralling ~</p><p dir="ltr">Can I break the cycle ~</p><p dir="ltr">What should I be thinking ~</p><p dir="ltr">Is there a way to change ...</p><p dir="ltr">~</p><p dir="ltr">Moments can change my mind ~</p><p dir="ltr">Take each breath deeply ~</p><p dir="ltr">Find comfort in kindness ~</p><p dir="ltr">Seek possibilities...</p><p dir="ltr">~</p><p dir="ltr">Always looking for hope 🦋</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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& throw it away
Show me your policies
& how you'll change lives
Tired of word games
I'm over the lies
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Originally posted on Twitter<br>
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Take your negativity<br>& throw it away<br>Show me your policies<br>& how you'll change lives<br>Tired of word games<br>I'm over the lies<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/poem?src=hash">#poem</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/politics?src=hash">#politics</a></div>
— Allison Brown (@ally_cat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/756615556514492416">July 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-2698656403338143382021-09-25T02:17:00.000+12:002021-09-25T02:17:20.366+12:00Dreamscape<p> </p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sailing amongst a dreamscape
Drifting gently upon each breath
Hoping the sandman lets me stay</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Inspired by</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/YourMoonliness/status/1434998492296925188" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/YourMoonliness/status/1434998492296925188</a><br></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-25436704812581254982021-05-05T23:05:00.000+12:002021-05-05T23:05:45.684+12:00Autumn Sonnet 2.0<div>Drawn to your illuminating allure<br></div><div><div>Made of amber hues dancing in the light</div><div>Twirling and swaying in fiery grandeur</div><div>Turning, floating, falling as you take flight</div><div><br></div><div>While you steal the warmth and breath from my world </div><div>Life turns to brittle pieces of decay </div><div>As more diamond flecked blankets are unfurled</div><div>Darkness continues to swallow the day</div><div><br></div><div>The misty grey brims with an oozing chill</div><div>Then your mood swings arc back to startling blues</div><div>Amongst the dampness I inhale my fill</div><div>Of the beautiful starkness drifting loose</div><div><br></div><div>Spiral circles from beginning to end</div><div>An expected cycle both foe and friend</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fingers of light stretch out </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
Brightening the world </div>
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Words mingle within our hearts </div>
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Changing minds and souls</div>
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NOTE: While at a Pink Concert in Brisbane the following came to mind so I tweeted. Now reposting <a href="https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/1029702302985146368">https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/1029702302985146368</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-4993999305775024072017-04-19T16:09:00.002+12:002017-04-19T22:52:54.635+12:00Ode to the Speak-Easy Toastmasters clubI want to tell you this story,<br />
So, you can tell it too.<br />
A story for the ages<br />
As I know it to be true.<br />
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Welcome to our meeting!<br />
Write your details down -<br />
Take a seat and tell us<br />
Why you came around. <br />
<br />
Somebody suggested<br />
That I dropped on by.<br />
Now I've thought about it<br />
I want to tell you why.<br />
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I’m seeking my voice.<br />
I’m preparing a speech.<br />
It seemed the thing to do!<br />
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The meeting starts,<br />
The roles are set,<br />
Speeches are all shared.<br />
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We laugh a lot,<br />
And applaud,<br />
Commend and Recommend!<br />
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Assembling for each meeting,<br />
We meet throughout the years.<br />
The batons passed,<br />
From peer to peer<br />
And to those who are around.<br />
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Leaders take charge,<br />
Upon Toastmasters’ paths,<br />
To tops of Mountain peaks<br />
From the valleys, far below.<br />
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Looking to the future,<br />
And reflecting back.<br />
A constant cycle turning -<br />
Over forty years past.<br />
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“Speak-Easy” suggested,<br />
By Herb in seventy-six.<br />
A name ever reflecting,<br />
Our club's nature and tone.<br />
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Always Mixed & friendly,<br />
Supportive of us all,<br />
On our many journeys<br />
Towards reaching our goals.<br />
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The plans were formed,<br />
From John's home:<br />
Present they were there!<br />
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Young Herb and Hugh,<br />
Russel and May<br />
All seemed to have a view -<br />
That women and men<br />
Must have a place,<br />
A home to express those views.<br />
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Sharing their stories -<br />
Past and new<br />
And into the future too.<br />
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From where we began,<br />
From seventy-seven on,<br />
From these meetings came.<br />
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This idea that grew<br />
Throughout the years, to come,<br />
And into the future too!<br />
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This idea was born,<br />
For this here club -<br />
TO PASS THE BATON ON…<br />
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...The beginning...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> Penned and shared by Allison Brown,</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> 11 April 2017</i></span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-50690022771708901012017-04-09T00:13:00.001+12:002017-04-09T00:14:07.618+12:00Start again...<p dir="ltr">Lift me up<br>
Break me out<br>
Of my routine<br>
Make this day different<br>
Find a way to see<br>
Something, anything<br>
With new eyes</p>
<p dir="ltr">Then, start again...<br></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/832865298004848641">Posted</a> first on Twitter.</p>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-15880298456514840842017-02-15T17:57:00.001+13:002017-03-01T13:34:46.834+13:00A Taste of Gin - song lyrics<h3>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Read the lyrics</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">- A Taste of Gin</span></i></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">I lost him in the garden, many years ago</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">I wonder if they'll dig him up</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">where the the motorway has to go</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">He was a sweet old man, with a taste for gin</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And he couldn't leave the ladies alone</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">So I had to do him in.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">He was the love of my life</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Oh I miss him so</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">But he couldn't leave the ladies alone</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And so he had to go</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And so he had to go</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Is he the reason, my roses bloom so red</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Or did I lay him down,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">under the vegetable bed</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Do I imagine it or do my carrots taste like gin?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Or maybe he is why,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">my apples taste of sin.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">He was the love of my life</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Oh I miss him so</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">But he couldn't leave the ladies alone</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And so he had to go</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And so he had to go</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">When the road goes through, I don't know what I'll do</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">I just hope my secret gets locked away,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">under that motorway</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">under that motorway</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">He was the love of my life</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Oh I miss him so</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">But he couldn't leave the ladies alone</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And so he had to go</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And so he had to go</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">And so he had to go</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Lyrics by Monica and Geoff Barkman and Allison Brown. </span></span><br />
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Strings wait
Silently
Reminiscing
Over haunting tunes</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.26px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Nestled in curves<br />
Strings wait<br />
Silently<br />
Reminiscing<br />
Over haunting tunes<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/poem?src=hash">#poem</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TrinityCollegeHarp?src=hash">#TrinityCollegeHarp</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dublin?src=hash">#Dublin</a> <a href="https://t.co/NmO90Ro0Px">pic.twitter.com/NmO90Ro0Px</a></div>
— Allison Brown (@ally_cat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/743891544911020032">June 17, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-90546360156483390112016-08-10T13:18:00.003+12:002017-01-24T21:13:43.833+13:00Poppy rest in peace<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Stand still</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And breathe</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It'll pass</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This emptiness</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And loss</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Life's lived</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Life ends</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this moment</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Memories</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are hidden</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Behind</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadness</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Stand still</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Breathe deep</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And say</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Goodbye</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When my tears dry</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Memories of you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will ease this pain</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rest in peace
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.26px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Remember me ~ </span></span><br />
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Remember me ~ my light & colour ~ my voice & words ~ my love & acceptance! <br />
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I will remember you!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/poem?src=hash">#poem</a> <a href="https://t.co/izwJAddqoC">https://t.co/izwJAddqoC</a></div>
— Allison Brown (@ally_cat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/693636750388756480">January 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photographs and poetry or words in these slides were created by </span><a href="http://www.allisonbrown.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "calibri"; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allison Brown</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri"; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-91111820255194310772016-03-06T14:30:00.000+13:002016-03-06T14:30:13.189+13:00Red Marigold with rain drops<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Water drops</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Falling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Onto shimmering</span></div>
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Water drops<br />
Glistening spheres<br />
Falling<br />
Onto shimmering<br />
Petals<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/poem?src=hash">#poem</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/inspiring?src=hash">#inspiring</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/flowers?src=hash">#flowers</a> <a href="https://t.co/CU7HnjpPKg">pic.twitter.com/CU7HnjpPKg</a></div>
— Allison Brown (@ally_cat) <a href="https://twitter.com/ally_cat/status/693355970500513792">January 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-71466758258646024462015-10-13T23:44:00.000+13:002015-11-02T09:08:40.035+13:00Greeting<br />
Hello!<br />
You're home<br />
I've been waiting<br />
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You open your mouth to speak,<br />
Which turns into a wide yawn<br />
Then you stretch into an arch<br />
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Hello!<br />
You're home<br />
I’ve been waiting<br />
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While waiting and listening out<br />
You're eyes drifted closed<br />
And you curled up to sleep<br />
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I just dozed<br />
For a little while<br />
Until you came home<br />
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You were listening out<br />
For the sound of footsteps<br />
For the keys rattling<br />
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Welcome home!<br />
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You greet me<br />
Rolling over at my feet<br />
Fur rubbing across the carpetUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-18356753229280726102015-08-21T12:37:00.000+12:002015-08-21T12:37:06.876+12:00Orange flower and bees<span style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Taking moments</span><span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Wonder in bees sitting still</span><span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Upon gleaming orange petals</span><span style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; letter-spacing: 0.259999990463257px; line-height: 32px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Written at the ANZAC Dawn service and posted on Twitter 6:58 AM - 25 Apr 2015</span></div>
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At the Dunedin ANZAC dawn service in Queens Gardens with a few other people. Waiting for 6:30 am <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fb?src=hash">#fb</a> <a href="http://t.co/KkzsH0wd9G">pic.twitter.com/KkzsH0wd9G</a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-50338191518680390192014-06-30T07:23:00.000+12:002015-07-04T11:40:19.285+12:00Orokonui musicBreathing ~ Sounds<br/><br/>Inhaling ~ Words<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Music flowing<br/><p style="padding-left: 60px;">Hovering</p><br/><p style="padding-left: 120px;">Moving</p><br/><p style="padding-left: 180px;">Inside air</p><br/>Words form<br/><p style="padding-left: 60px;">Echoing</p><br/><p style="padding-left: 120px;">Beating</p><br/><p style="padding-left: 180px;">Rhythm</p><br/> <br/><br/>Music played<br/><p style="padding-left: 60px;">Merging</p><br/><p style="padding-left: 120px;">Reviving</p><br/><p style="padding-left: 180px;">The soul</p><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/><hr /><br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/><em>Music played in the main building at the Dunedin Orokonui Ecosanctuary sounds extraordinary. Both Ariana Tikao and previously Delgirl both sounded fantastic within this space.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32110533.post-37149583039653569692014-04-23T12:58:00.000+12:002015-07-04T11:40:19.250+12:00Goodbye my love<div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The long goodbye</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Lingers</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pieces crumble</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In and out</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Slowly taking</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Memories</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Identify</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Stories</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Merge</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hope</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Fades</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Love</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Aches</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Within the long goodbye</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Remember</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Memories</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Identity</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Stories</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hope</span></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Love</span></div><br/> <br/><div style="color: #000000;"></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"></div><br/><div style="color: #000000;"><br/><br/><hr /><br/><br/></div><br/></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0