Saw Willie Nelson's Doppelganger
Saw Willie Nelson’s Doppelganger
Saw Willie Nelson’s doppelganger
Today
Stepping across the roadway
With a sack
Or jacket
Not sure with
The glary light shimmering
Across the view.
But an aura it gave
Framing the figure
Striding and standing
Tall
And lone
With poise and purpose.
Simon C.J. Falk 24 August 2024
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Soft Rain Fall On Us
It’s been a while…
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Responding to a Basic Tune Under the Varied Noise
Responding to a Basic Tune Under the Varied Noise
Treading tones
Along stones
Tread, tread, tread, tread,
Rhythm led
As all flashes by
In the sky
I can spy
And tread, tread, tread, tread,
Gives a rhythm to my
Heart, head, feet
The part and path
I go
Watching the flow
And in the end
All is beauty.
All is beautiful.
Simon C.J Falk 9 May 2024
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When Will It All End?
For those who live with chronic pain.
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Mary Oliver Had That Way
Mary Oliver Had That Way
Mary Oliver had that way
To feel underfoot
That dew damp grass
And the scent of the morning air
Before the grainy shore
As she saw swans swimming
Sunning themselves
As the light pierced the mist.
And she showed up
Was present and
Saw the scene.
Because of her witness
We now see.
Simon C.J Falk 6 January 2024
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Nothing Stirred
Nothing Stirred
Nothing Stirred
From the dormancy
Instead
A life lived out
Frantic and frenetic
From this to that and
That to this and
Never minding
Or looking
Or listening
For the poetry
Of life.
Simon C.J. Falk 5 January 2024
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John O'Donohue's Accompaniment
For a number of us the late poet and philosopher-theologian, John O’Donohue, has articulated for us when we seek words. He crafts a vessel that has carried, or, is carrying, some of us across the waves of grief to safe shores. The words are a companion in loneliness and a gentle sound to punctuate silence. I’ve written of him before in That Worthy Wordsmith is Our Anam Cara.
This is but a taste…
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Stop and Listen
It’s been a while since my last post here. Inspiration comes when it does. Things have been bubbling away for some of us and here it is.
Stop and Listen
Stop and listen
To the sound
Of the noise beneath the noise.
Noise from outside
Expecting, driving, urging, coming
Ruptures in
Tumultuous transference
Reverberating and grating and agitating
It fires and wires
Shaking and…
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Please Do Not Suppose
Please Do Not Suppose
Please do not suppose
That you need
To be
Alone
In our experience.
Although some is
Especial to you
Others may know
Something
Of the tides that
Come ashore
Upon us.
At times the tide feels
Low
Others it comes a buffeting
Flattening us
Beached.
The insidious underground
Of hormones
Burrow the recesses of
Our being
We feel the change
And the energy
Ebb…
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Not This Time
Not This Time
Not this time
Will car and foot
Traverse
The driveway
Seasoned
All seasons
With lines of
Pepper corn trees
Harbouring bees and
Birds and shade.
Not this time to
Continue conversations
In corridors
That somehow feel
More confidential
Than back home.
Not this time
To sit in circle
Holding a simple
Cross
In the hand
And holding stories
Laughs,…
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What Frequency?
What Frequency?
What frequency
Is your tinnitus?
Mine casts waves.
Of doorbell chime,
Searing security alarms,
And phones
Pinging and ringing and
Ringing and pinging.
But wait!
Is that sound of
Guitars?
And cicadas on the summer breeze,
Of banter and laughter of those
Passing by.
With a little sigh
I hear
Why fret and worry
About so many things?
Few are needed.
Let them…
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The Last Day
A recent poem
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Pandemic Ponderings and Pain
Pandemic Ponderings and Pain
Recently a colleague told of turning up to an old favourite cafe. It was closed. It made me ponder some of the last two and half years. The examples are by no way exhaustive. Just samples.
Pandemic Ponderings and Pain
i.
Astride a makeshift ergo stool
A teacher MS Teams her students, while
The eyes at the back of her head
Crane to the open door behind her, where
across the hall
Her own…
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Faces Of the Day
Faces Of the Day
Faces Of the Day
Faces of the day
A glint in an eye
A wan, worried expression
A loving look
Or all pursed and puzzled
Tired tints and tones.
In each face
I see a reflection
as in a mirror
A sense of common humanity
all one family
And craft of the creator.
Simon C.J. Falk 16 June 2022
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#WATWB March 2022 - River and Life
#WATWB March 2022 – River and Life
For five years an intrepid team, brought together by Damyanti Biswas and Belinda McGrath Witzenhausen, have shared good news stories in the We Are The World Blogfest #WATWB. Here we are again!
(Supplied: Madman) via ABC News Australia. Accessed 27 March 2022.
The coronavirus pandemic has led so many of us to take stock in what, and who, really matters to us. Among some of the things, we have…
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RATs n STATs
Apologies to Dr Seuss
These words kept pestering me so I had to exorcise and transfer them. Sorry that you caught the transference!
The RATs n STATS
The RATS n STATs
Inhabit our flats
Where we hang up our hats
So how about that!
When will Omicron
Finally be gone?
It’s getting tough
When we’ve had enough
So today
As we go our way
We smile and say G’day
1.5 metres away
Behind masks…
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#WATWB November 2021 @onfootacrossaustralia for Refugees
#WATWB November 2021 @onfootacrossaustralia for Refugees
Some would know that I did, with a friend, 240kms of the Portuguese Way (aka #CaminoPortugues) of the pilgrimage walk to Santiago de Compostela back in 2018.
Well here is someone who walked further. And he did it for others. For people looking for a home.
Welcome to the We Are The World Blogfest for November 2021 as we share stories. Thanks to SBS News Australia, I bring you Ivor Houston and…
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