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Rebellious Australian with attitude!

I never do anything I don't want to, go anywhere I don't want to go or take orders! Fully initiated into the 'grumpy old lady society' and happy to maintain status!

Have written for over thirty years, mostly poetry but

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: I am: 10 of 204
I AM Could I be just like you? A person worthy of listening to? A soul with aches and needs and wants, who doesn't like the scolds and taunts? I Am! And am I just a tiny fish, swimming in the rounded dish, going in circles to and fro, sometimes feeling very low? I am! Do I, at times just flutter by, like a pretty envied butte... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Australia: 1 of 20
Red, green and yellow patchworks,criss crossing rampant hillsides,shaken doona of farmlands,barb wired pest control.Blackened stumps with fresh sprouts,new growth after last years fire,the charcoal smell subsided,fauna soon returns.Wind whipped dunes overhanging.fragile cliffs veined with roots,spectators of the oceans,beachi... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Quicksand: 3 of 55
Life's little soft spots,sinking places that weren't there before,as we one moment stand proud and tall,just one step away from the fall,Quicksand pulls us down,sucks us in til we fear we'll drownWe'll claw and fight,and struggle back up to where we were,gaining confidence to stand our ground,another safe step is found,But qu... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Greed: 4 of 57
Leave the last slice on the plate!Never take it all,Leave some for someone else.A mother's word is law!As child embraces,the human plot,Where business and ethics,somehow forgot,To leave a slice,for the comers late,instead wiped clean the plate,And greed it saw all kinds of fare,Looked down its nose, at the hungry mob,And comp... More..
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Sanity: 2 of 23
Silence, finally. It had been half an hour of useless babble prior to the injection. Eileen capped the syringe and place it carefully into the special hazards box she carried in her bag. Babbling idiots! She had been doing this for so many years she was immune to the rants and protestations of her home care patients. "I don'... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Celebrations & Holidays (Other) How retailers can overcome the post-holiday rut: 2 of 23
Righto! Christmas is over and done with and the business still needs an income!Shoppers are going to be a little harder to lure this year with the current economic conditions so the wise business owner will force the buyers to forget their situation.Customers need to be led to your goods by sparking their interest in this new... More..
Health & Fitness > Substance Abuse Is smoking pot benign or a serious health hazard?: 3 of 32
Anything that can bring on serious psychosis such as schizophrenia s definitely not benign.Speaking from experience, many people in the mental wards of major hospitals are there because of marijuana. The modern day marijuana is not the soft drug it was once. The modern day marijuana is a hybrid of the original and comes in ma... More..
Style & Beauty > Face Care Are salon facials worth the money?: 1 of 10
Salons are a business. Businesses are out to get your money from you. They will tell you theirs is an essential product, that you need something extra, or need to come in weekly to fix some little problem.They want your custom.What they don't care about is the cost to you. They may provide a perfectly adequate treatment. Give... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Moving forward: 6 of 58
'Moving Forward' Can't say when it was, the mirror reflected someone, not me, not me as I knew me to be, not me as I wished me to be, not me, That person in the mirror couldn't , cartwheel across the lawn, party all night and come home at dawn, She was not me! not the me I thought I still showed, not the me one w... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Free: 7 of 67
No such thing as free,not for you,not for me,Payment will be extracted,from your soul,from your heart,In some small way,we will pay.Free countries,with taxes,restrictions,we bear,No person is free,to roam wherever,to run naked,for all to see,By natures laws,all bend to some will,or wind,No five fingered discount,will free,the... More..