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Maureen K Clifford
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SHADOWED

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:54 am

SHADOWED ... Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBark Poet

Dark shadows moved. The moon and clouds slid into an abyss
of darkness - shock and awe was felt on earth
by primitive man, not understanding what had taken place
for he himself was new - a recent birth.

And speaking softly, touching, all were fearfull of the dark -
they dug cold toes into the river scree
and moaned, as the moon reappeared - What God had ordered this?
They clustered, viewing from beneath a tree.

Dark shadows move around the world - 'don't rain on my parade
let me regale your ears with my cutbacks
the world wide web will share them into each and every home -
these are in truth the alternative facts.'


And speaking softly never was an option - 'twas a shout
reverberated round the world that day,
and grown men cried and politicians trumbled*, women wept
as fear and angst sent ripples of dismay.

Dark shadows may yet pass along, the sun may yet shine out.
The world with bated breath now sits and waits.
One wrong move yet may see a monstrous cataclysmic change,
the outcome of which is causing debates.

And speaking softly - 'monkey see and monkey do' won't work
nor will the oft used 'not my clowns' - so trite.
But 'hoisted by his own petard' may yet come into play,
and steal in like a thief - a neophyte.

* Feb 2017 - White House press secretary Sean Spicer repeatedly mispronounced the Australian Prime Minister's name as "Trumbull" instead of Malcolm Turnbull.
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Re: SHADOWED

Post by Shelley Hansen » Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:21 pm

Mmm - very interesting Maureen! Just shows no subject is off limits to the Aussie Bush Poet!! ;)

By the way I have to apologise for my failure to submit homework over the last two fortnights - I have been really unwell with a bronchial virus and am just coming out of the fog. So I think I'll write off the past - and look to the future with the next episode in the writing workshop!

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Re: SHADOWED

Post by thestoryteller » Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:33 am

G'day Maureen.

I see that the powers that be have set the doomsday clock to 2 and a half minutes to midnight.

Even they can see the situation mankind is putting himself into.

Also thank you for putting verse out there to the masses with your magazine.


Merv
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Re: SHADOWED

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:56 pm

Sorry to hear you have been unwell Shelley - the road always leads onwards - no sense looking back mate you're not going that way :lol:

The world is becoming a scarier place by the minute Merv isn't it? Please feel free to submit some of your work to the mag - for an Aussie poetry magazine I am awfully short of good Aussie poets, so your help would be appreciated :D
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Re: SHADOWED

Post by Terry » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:00 am

Pretty deep that one Maureen.

Apart from the fact that its raining here at Peaceful Bay.
The rest of the world seems a distant place - and troubles far away.

Sorry to hear you're feeling unwell Shelley; I think just about everyone over here in the west (including Val & I) had a similar bug, some even developed pneumonia.
Hope you get over it soon, it has a habit of hanging around.

Terry

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Re: SHADOWED

Post by Shelley Hansen » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:24 pm

Thanks Terry - yes, some people here are getting the pneumonia complication too. Thankfully I was careful and escaped too much nasty stuff - getting better now except that I seem to have lost my energy!

Send some of that rain to Queensland, hey??

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