Bend In The River

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Included here are some poems, composed quickly mostly in response to either events or postings or with friends in mind.

Halifax’s winter
In the cold bleak days of a Halifax’s winter
Romance of the parklands lost to pinnacles of ice
But her BLOG pictures still brighten the heart
As the river’s currents guided by stars
Toast to your freedom, to a springs fresh air
And Freedom at last to roam without care

Halle's bitter rain 

May you create in time
your own sweet refrain
In tune with the bitter rain

For no earthly pride
Hides a spirits courage
In no small measure
Be your heartfelt treasure 

Pray contemplate, new POSTS 
on questions bold, mystery UNFOLDS   
From heart or mind let the light SHINE     
Imagination YOIR MASTERS MIND   

Eltham, Melbourne.

Yarra River reflects her golden suns rays
Landscape resplendent of soft potter’s clay;
Valleys, streams, fragrant eucalypt scent
Bring verse of praise to our our poets lips

The bellbirds ring out in streets where we play
The magpies warble carols to herald each day;
In gullies of wattle, of ghostly grey gums
From first clear trickle to valleys beyond

As the soils crumbles down the steep slopes
To join the fast currents and over sharp rocks
Brown water rapids, river flows upside down
Onward her course over life’s sacred ground

The following poem is about a Swaggie with Barrie in mind.

Swagmen

Bend in the river seen in fading haze,
Swagman pauses to steady his gaze.
Birds cry warnings, in fading daylight;
Pray rest swaggie under a pale moonlight.
Swaggie heeded his feathered friend’s call
Made up his campfire for billy to boil.

Daybreak, rested, smoked borrowed fag
Refreshed for ever to carry the swag ;
To wander the bush, to live off the land;
Odd jobs for farmers in need of a hand

The romance of the bush no longer I see
Or his picture with swag on a packet of tea
His tuckers all gone, like nations first dawn
Trees morn swaggie all alone and forlorn

The river’s currents are guided by stars
From their mountain streams to oceans afar;
Ghost of swaggie rests in it’s fresh air
Freedom at last to roam without care

Best wishes

All wishes that we do create
A secret wish to tempt our fate
Plea to keep like fondest treasures
But needs are met in spirits measure

For we cannot ever be satisfied
From all that is of earthly pride
In powers haste, pray contemplate
Before our wish becomes too late


Peace

The era of the terrorist gave fear a new way
Ruled out all compassion for military sway
Speak of the devil beware Christian cloak
Time for renewal, cast off bitter yoke

Arise now new leaders with hearts restored
Justice to homeland and for all those abroad
God of non violence, your message to heed
Honour the fallen, troop’s home god -speed

Peace

May a peace arise,from mother’s earthly state
To banish that terror and all conscious hate
Dawn of sun rays to nourish dear land
Grow a new peace and take a new stand

Banish anger and ferocious warfare
Banish all violence, to forgive and to care
Peace be a guardian, a promise to forfill
To alleviate hunger, for peace and goodwill

Picture post

Does picture speak to intended deeds
Summary retreat for a pilgrims needs
Words of wisdom at your command
Lonely road to a promised land

milk

A mother's milk tis nature’s best measure
Fat, sugar,proteins, natures’ best treasures
Breast fed infants do smile in delight
Breast formula infant’s bonne appetite

Breast milk with all those antibodies
Fights off bacteria its infectious disease
For Mothers milk both sterile and sweet
Mother’s milk is Babies instant relief

No need to mix a modern milkshake
No bottles to warm for infant awake
Babies secure, contented, well-fed
Soaks mums energy for weight loss instead

Easier for Mum to shed extra pounds
Wellbeing enhanced,gains all around
Breastfeeding bonds baby to mum
Breast fed baby bonded with mum

Retirement

Chapters has ended of Val’s work book
Library bookmarks is Val's last look

Librarians party was one not to compare
Bubbly champagne as Val lets down her hair

Chapters unwritten, thoughts left for your mates
Retirement thoughts now thoughts to relate

Sunlight

17 years of Rays sunlight
Devoted husband, granddaddy's delight

Rays delight was to see you roam free
Brings you ice water and cups of warm tea

Your navigator, map reader your disc jockey
Loving companion of life's deep blue sea

Washes dirty dishes, floors and laundry
Red roses to Ann, Rays amazing story

Brain

Brain is billions of thoughts of mankind
Heartbeats in time to your masterly mind

2 billion decisions for no conscious effort
Energised thoughts for a mind over matter

Time for thanks for your precious mind
Faithful thoughts all available on line

Angels are guides

Angel’s images, of a spiritual kind
Angel’s myths, are minds of mankind
Angels spirits, are real life- time
Angels words, dont have to rhyme

Rivers of light, are light filled mythology
Reverent light, is light filled theology
Space filled light, is light filled insight
Observable light, is a spirits delight

Beauty awakes for their beauties sake
Knowledge for a knowledge estate
Servant’s truth of their Master’s face
Angel spirits in earthly embrace

Rivers of light, light filled mythology
Reverent light, light filled theology
Space filed light, light filled insight
Observable light, a spirit delight

Solomon Islands

Bitter wind
Mourn a saving peace
Rage riots renew

Sea change

The water is emotions from a deep blue sea
The waters blue colour for a Rocker to see
Cool swinger’s reflection of foamy waves past
Crystal clear memories to cool a warm heart

Oceans as deep as the mountains outside
Seas play new tunes at the turn of the tide
Corals gothic windows are splendours to please
But carols of the birds is to fly overseas

holidays

Time for your special memory bliss
Childhood at 40, whatever you wish

Steadfast in beliefs and fairness for all
Education in travel is Mommy's big call

Blogs a treat, family, one and all
Thought to share for all who call

Children’s delight, your life, their light
Hearts so dear it lights up the night

All I can do, is wish your sweet heart
Warm sunny rays to reward a warm heart

blogging

Time for your special memory bliss
Childhood at 40, whatever you wish

Steadfast in beliefs and fairness for all
Trolls better p’off is your rightful blog call

Blogs still a treat, JuBlu welcomes us all
Blue and mature for all who call

Democrats delight, your life, their light
Minds so clear it lights up my night

All I can do, is wish your sweet heart
Sunny hoo- rays tis Demo’s warm hearts

I fell over yesterday and damaged my arm
Plaster in place but no further harm

Fracture in elbow my X-rays displayed
Rays I send for your elbows less pain

soft breeze

Soft breeze of life affirmation
Whispering your confirmation
Wonderment to listen and hear
Mystery and life’ sweet fears

Can your hear the far off gongs
Brass resounds I found you
I found you ! I found you !
Sounds that clear you tears and fears

Let it beat in your sweet heart
Feel the pulse its your fresh voice
Fill the air with your reverent care

playing

A freedom to play like the mother they trust
Dust into mud from a Mother's earth crust

The earth’s rich dust is warmed by the sun
Warmed in the sun, her freedom is won

Power and glory, not what they seek
Sweet mother earth, tis mud on their feet

Awaken a dreaming, come to our mind
love one another as a child of mankind

We are dust of earth of Mother Nature’s toil
Freedom to bloom from a mother’s rich soil

Trust one another, tis your freedom to say
Trust one another like a child as it plays

Robes

Spring is in the air in the rustle of the breeze
Spring is in the air in the whispers of the trees
And changes are coming soon
Lenten robes of sweet blooms

Spring is in the air, so make your fresh start
Spring is in the air, so grow your sweet heart
And changes are coming soon
Lenten robes of sweet blooms

Spring is in the air, in your blue sky
Spring is in the air, birds cry as they fly
And changes are coming soon
Lenten robes of sweet blooms

Birds renew a faith in mother soil
Nourish a faith, of dear natures toil
And changes are coming soon
Lenten robes of sweet blooms

Birds

Their orign from Dinosaurs who evolved into Birds following global warming as consequance of a meteorite crashing into earth long ago. Here is a poem I composed with that theme in mind.

Meteorite lands on earths fragile life crust
Its fiery explosion is its atomic red dust
Climatic upheaval, new hothouse estate
A Dinosaurs home is no longer this place

Dinosaurs evolve to follow natures new plan
Newly created from hot desert winds sand
The earths renewal is from fiery new heart
The earths survival gives old life a new start

The earths re birth is its creative life state
Dinosaur birds now seek their new mates
Evolved new life with their mighty new wings
Refreshed new creation now sings of new things

The deep oceans currents are still guided by stars
As the birds migration are white dots from afar
The earth is refreshed as they soar through the air
The joys of new freedoms for birds without care

overseas

Oh that’s so cool, for New Orleans jazz is so hot
You can hit the high notes, if your in the right spot
Laugh in the sun and laugh in the rain
No matter it seems, if its on Wisconsin plains

Wales is the land for your petite appetite
Poland is the land for your soft polish hands
Dream a new dream of a new promised land
Dream is Wisconsin your special dream state

Rally

They gathered for peace, in spirit they trust
Their spirits protested that the war was not just
Reverence for life, for a reverent new state
Let peace find its home, its new homecoming place

Truth was their master, a new journey to seize
Peace is their life for a life more at ease
Peace is their home for a new homecoming please
Peace is life’s welcome for no violence to heed

shoes
Theses boots were made for flowers
Picture worn small boots with flowers growing out of them !

Walk in the sunshine and walk in the rain
Walk with your new boots without any pain
Walk in the bushland and walk on you beach
Walk in your forest or a town within reach

Time for new creation, a new flowery place
Time for new companions to grow in that space
Blossoms to bloom a new path is on loan
Reassured sweet perfume has found its new home

With a dignity in your new promised land
Walk with friends with a warm conscious hand
Walk in the wind to blow your ship out to sea
Walk in contentment for your children to see

Time for new creation, a new flowery place
Time for new companions to grow in that space
Blossoms to bloom a new path is on loan
Reassured sweet perfume has found a new home

blog

What will I do with my new blog start?
Create a few more when I feel a warm heart
What will I do just give out advice?
Maybe it’s going to add spice to my life!!

What will I do when I’m not feeling well?
Post pretty pictures and moan bloody hell
What will I do with a new coaching school?
Post a new post and try and stay cool

What will I do if I have no new thoughts?
Call on the force to be my new voice
What will I do if I’m sick when I start?
Call 100 bloggers to rev up my heart

What happens to the thoughts on your past blogs?

Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
How will it be when you press a delete key
Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
Are those kind thoughts allowed to roam free

Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
Time of passover, over time you will see
Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
Enter past thoughts on a new blog LB!

Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
Where do they go when Google has fees
Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
Restored and united for a new world to see

Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
Mind now the line of a haunting refrain
Where do thoughts go as blog ceases to be
Continues forever no need to explain?

Flowers

Walk in the sunshine and walk in the rain
These little boots give joy without pain
Walk in the bushland and walk on the beach
Walk in the forest or a town within reach

Time for new creation a new flowery place
Time for new companions to grow in that place
Blossoms do bloom as your boots are on loan
Reassured flowers have found their new home

Symphony of Creation.

Form, of mystery, light spread out from sing-ul-ar-ity
A form, continues, with each breath, symbol of my life as yet
So, let me know no more, that I may know the splendor
Of the light filled, ONE agenda

Form of ONE, itself to know
Form of two, a desire of ONE
Form of memory, the ONE it knows
The ONE true Light of Love

Form, is it but our own reflection, illusions of our expectation
Hidden in the time of present, lonely in its own pure presence
Continued on, deep within us,calling forth, our own surrender
Of the light filled, ONE agenda.

Form of ONE, itself to know
Form of two, a desire of ONE
Form of memory, the ONE it knows
The ONE true Light of Love

Form of worm hole travel backwards,space time changes state
The conscious mind now existing, listens always, emotions birth
Thoughts will now last forever, guided by a spirits a light
To the light filled ONE agenda.

Form of ONE, itself to know
Form of two, a desire of ONE
Form of memory, the ONE it knows
The ONE true Light of Love

Mind

The mind so restless, emotions upset
A mind in a dance, longing for rest
Peace and fulfillment its quest to reflect
We are dust of the earth, a new space to create

The truth for her is to be patient and kind
Wounds of a mind need compassion and time
A mind needs some rest, a refreshed spirit will find
We are dust of the earth, a new space to create

A mind is as different as is each conscious state
It emotions respond, a truth to relate
It's free to respond when we decide it's that time
We are dust of the earth, a new space to create

Sometimes it falters and it's not what we see
The spirit is present, the worlds our identity
A hurtful exchange, unintended tragedy
We are dust of the earth, a new space to create

Behold the thunder, lightning, re birth
The birth of a thought, imprisoned so far
The act of forgiveness, the heavens will sing
We are dust of past earth, new space now created.

Yarra River
Sun rays reflection on a brown river affair
Trees guard its secrets no time for despair
A haven for birds their tales are to share
The truth’s in their twitters, loves in the air

It’s a June morning, cold with no breeze
Rivers is calm, not a ripple to see
Ghostly apparitions appear shrouded in fog
Tall city buldings from out of the smog

Yarra flows upside down with no sound
Too thick for swimmmers, none to be found
Nature’s intention to flow in that way
Winding its way through surburbs does play

It’s almost ten times as long as it’s straight
Reminder of twists and our current fate
Steadfast in resolve to follow new paths
Torrent or trickle its plays it’s best part

Child

The dream of the child from a mother’s rich dust
The dust of her dreaming from a poet we trust
Inspires deep within in us a mind to be kind
A reverent mind for a child of mankind

The earth’s agony is hot winds from our sun
A human dominion but no freedom has won
The power and glory and what we all seek
To tame mother earth to be at our feet

A truth is the eyes of the heart of a stone
To see the life cycle and leave it alone
Awaken a new dreaming to come in our mind
Consciousness gathers a new thinking to find

To trust one another, a new progress to make
To love one another for that poets child sake

Consciousness

The first conscious mind guides us out of the trees
The first conscious thought was to do as we please
Evolved conscious mind now tries to conform
Aware of conscious thoughts is to be so informed

The air is our journey to dance in your mind
The water is your journey a cool stream it will find
The fire is that energy to create your mind state
The mind is a mystic of our earthly estate


Continuum
Our space is a continuum
Of space and time within that space
Of particles to waves in space
Of waves to particles in that space

Our space is a continuum
Our food for life within that space
Our food for thoughts in that space
Our lights reflection in that space

Our space is a continuum
Of dualities of time and space
Of single times to multiverse
Of universe to multiverse

Our space is a continuum
Its energy is our quantum state
Energy from dyeing stars
Recreate our new life state

wind of past

Mind was in search of a fragrant new start
Mind was rewarded by posts from warm heart
Mind now refreshed, a new spirit will find
Mind now healed will be the past sign

Thoughts now explain it’s time to let go
Thoughts that allow your new spirit to grow
Thoughts to find room for a spirits new space
Thoughts now accept the challenges you face

Sweep through your day with your heavenly twin
Sweep through your day to a new daily spin
Sweep through your day and embrace your sweet heart
Sweep through your day like the worlds at your feet

Your mood is surprise, for changes were fast
Your mood please confirm is freedom at last
You mood is surprise, for our world changes fast
Your mood I suspect is a free spirit at last

I don’t have the answers, just words for your ear
I think life is mystery, its meaning not clear
Can I sense your mood change that moment at last?
Your mind is free from a hot wind of the past

Whispering Spheres

As the sunset rays cast their fading light
Birds fly past to rest for the night
Night air cools as the sky is at dusk
Farwell to our toils time for our rest

Whispering spheres of a neo light form
Spiritual heavens in explosion and storm
Peace is that energy a dream for your mind
Peace and rest for a mind of that kind

The moon beams alight and rest on our skin
Heavenly spheres, our heavenly next of kin
whispers of hope to enter your mind
Refresh and to heal for all humankind

Whispering spheres of a neo light form
Spiritual heavens in explosion and storm
Peace is that energy a dream for your mind
Peace and rest for a mind of that kind

A universe reveals each night its rebirth
New stars are born, death is new light
Time and space are our one universe
Continues forever its beginning in light

Whispering spheres of a neo light form
Spiritual heavens in explosion and storm
Peace is that energy a dream for your mind
Peace and rest for a mind of that kind

Dawn approaches a light of daybreak
Birds fly in and herald the day
Sweet note refreshed to sing of a new way
Awaken a mind, open thinking to day

Whispering spheres of a neo light form
Spiritual heavens rebirth every night
Peace is the light of the dream of your mind
Refreshed and ready to heal for humankind

Wounded Earth

The heavens expand forever in light
A spirit of energy with all of its might
Its intentions are clear, no anger from heat
Compassion and reverence to all at its feet

The earth is its identity like a childhood embrace
Its inhabitants restrict poor nature its place
Depletes mother earth of land water and air
Flash from red sunspots, a message board date

Behold your light flickers; its light is less bright
Wrestle your conscious, your rivers loose flow
The land soon a desert, I see through dim light
Its time for re birth, its time for new life

We share in the wounds of a glorious earth
Time for healing, to embrace its wide girth
Sustain what’s sustainable, our garden of life
Continue forever as our precious light

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Hatchers Laundry in Melbourne was founded in 1850.
At that time Australia was still receiving transported criminals from England mainly for petty thefts and the total white population was only 267,000.
The Aboriginal remnant was thought to be far less in number.A year later gold was discovered in Victoria and the rapid population increase led to demand for laundry services which swelled the coffers.
At the turn of the century the demand for linen services continued and the company grew quickly to be one of the larger employers of workers in Melbourne.
It adapted its services over the ensuing years to offer hire and sale of industrial garments, dust mats and washroom services and later Roller Towels.As the decline of manufacturing continued it reverted back to its original roots as primarily a linen hire company.I drove past the establishment yesterday and decided on a post with a poem outlining its interesting history.

Hatchers Laundry

Age of cleanliness in Florence Nightingales time
Nurses with clean linen for beds all in a line
Hatchers Laundry built under Gas lights
Washed dirty linen until spotlessly white

The demand for clean linen, Laundry would meet
200 tonnes was wahed every week
Horse drawn deliveries to large estates
God help a driver who happened to be late

Demands of fashions, was a spotless start
Boots for hire of types that will last
Overalls and Towels, for clean work place
Vans replace horses to just keep apace

Washers purchased for needs that mount
Programmed to deliver loads by their route
Uniforms ablaze, clients colours and name
Delivered to lockers individualy so named

Mood changed, close garment shop
Uniforms costly so washing must stop
Computers replaced the dirt and grime
As Hatchers Laundry delivers on time

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