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[Matthew]

@Faye - I once had 2 geese take off from the side of the road and try to fly in front of me to the other side. It was one of those crazy slow motion moments where I was thinking- fly fly! out of my way! And one of them did, but the other went smack on my windscreen.

I can remember the sound, more than anything, still to this day.

As the others say, let it go, it couldn't be helped. Such is...

[Faye]

Hi Leigh and Matthew, thanks for your encouraging words, I know I should not worry so much, but that's just me! But I think I am learning to control my worry as I am getting older. Leigh welecome.

Faye

[Faye]

Matthew, where is your book available, please.Thanks Faye

[[deleted user]]

G'day all, this is the link to where my poem is, I wrote it about our stay at Thala Beach Lodge resort & you would'nt believe it, after both my friend & I had been over the poem many times, I now notice after it is "on line", a mistake....wonder who else can see it....this is really going to bug me now....(-:

http://www.thalabeach.com.au/david-de...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's a great poem David. And no, I didn't pick up any mistakes! I'm sure it's not anything to worry about!!

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Brenda, give you a huge hint...it's a 'miss' rhyme....(-:

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ha, Dave that doesn't help...you see, I just enjoy the flow and magic of the words, I don't really understand the 'correctness' of the poem!! When I was at school, we learned to rhyme the last word of each line...that was about it! So, you certainly don't have to worry about mistakes with me...lol

[[deleted user]]

Hahaha..no worries Brenda..I have though fixed it in my saved poetry file just in case I decide to enter it into a comp. Let's see if someone else here can pick it....I'm putting out a challenge eh!...(-:

[Matthew]

Faye wrote: "Matthew, where is your book available, please.Thanks Faye"

--> https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

I was looking at the Author page and trying to find out how to say- here is my book, but it wasnt working for me. There are links from my website- www.matthewfarmer.com.au/books, but the smashwords is the direct link.

Do you have a book out?

[Tracey]

Morning all,
Just dropped in to say a quick hello :)

& Faye - don't worry too much about worrying [wow does that sound weird?] - as you say it gets better as you get older but also it shows that you are a caring human being and there's nothing wrong with that!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

David wrote: "Hahaha..no worries Brenda..I have though fixed it in my saved poetry file just in case I decide to enter it into a comp. Let's see if someone else here can pick it....I'm putting out a challenge eh..."

Thanks Dave:) lol

[Margaret]

Hi everyone!

Shelleyrae at Book'd out has posted my Guest Post this morning. Here's the link.
http://bookdout.wordpress.com/

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's great Margaret, I enjoyed reading it:) Thanks for sharing!

[Margaret]

Thanks, Brenda!:)

[Margaret]

Here's the link to Shelleyrae's lovely review of 'A Taste of Life and Love in Australia'.
http://bookdout.wordpress.com/2012/07...

[Faye]

Matthew wrote: "Faye wrote: "Matthew, where is your book available, please.Thanks Faye"

--> https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

I was looking at the Author page and trying to find out how to say- here ..."

No, Matthew I don't have a book out, but they do say there is a book in everyone, don't they? Thanks

[Faye]

Tracey wrote: "Morning all,
Just dropped in to say a quick hello :)

& Faye - don't worry too much about worrying [wow does that sound weird?] - as you say it gets better as you get older but also it shows that y..."

Thanks Tracey, yes weird but I understand LOL, have a great day.

[[deleted user]]

Matthew wrote: "@Faye - I once had 2 geese take off from the side of the road and try to fly in front of me to the other side. It was one of those crazy slow motion moments where I was thinking- fly fly! out of my..."

25 years as a truckie on our highways, I unfortunately hit many different animals, it happens & there is (99% of the time) nothing one can do about it.

[[deleted user]]

I notice not to many are interested in my challenge to find the mistake in my poem.....oh well!...(-:

[Tracey]

David - I looked but I couldn't find any mistakes [and I call myself a poet!] You'll have to post it and highlight it for us :)

I've had the most wonderful morning. First coffee with my sister and some very dear friends of ours. Betty & Allan are an elderly couple and they've been like a 2nd set of parents to both Cynthia and myself for many, many years. I truly cherish the time I get to spend with them and I love listening to their stories or going to them for advice. They've become increasingly important to us since our Mum died 4 years ago and we had a wonderful morning.

Then off to lunch with my eldest niece, J, and her new baby Tallie. Lots of cuddles and that gorgeous new baby smell :) Life really doesn't get much better than that.

Not sharing this with too many people yet but Robbie and I are officially trying for a baby of our own. We debated for a long time because we're both 41 but decided it's now or never so if you could hold us in your thoughts/prayers I'd really appreciate that.

Cheers,
Trace

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

David wrote: "I notice not to many are interested in my challenge to find the mistake in my poem.....oh well!...(-:"

Put it in the Poetry thread Dave, you'll get the actual 'poets' there....lol It's really good that no-one can find the mistake I think!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracey wrote: "David - I looked but I couldn't find any mistakes [and I call myself a poet!] You'll have to post it and highlight it for us :)

I've had the most wonderful morning. First coffee with my sister a..."

Fantastic Tracey!!! Good luck! You made me laugh when you said you're not sharing with too many yet....GR is a world wide forum!! lol

Your morning sounds lovely, very special! Hold those wonderful moments close:)

[Mark]

David wrote: "G'day all, this is the link to where my poem is, I wrote it about our stay at Thala Beach Lodge resort & you would'nt believe it, after both my friend & I had been over the poem many times, I now n..."
Hi, David,

Unless you're talking about "approximate" rhymes,
like "gums" and "run"
and "gum tree" and "Aborigine"
(which I think are fine),
The only thing I can think of is that "Kuku" is generally written as one word.

There are a few other completely irrelevant nits I could pick, but I think it's a fine poem, and I'm baffled as to what it is you're worried about.

So... pony up, and solve the mystery!

[Mark]

Tracey wrote: "David - I looked but I couldn't find any mistakes [and I call myself a poet!] You'll have to post it and highlight it for us :)

I've had the most wonderful morning. First coffee with my sister a..."
Tracey,
You're in my prayers. The world needs more babies who'll go on to read and write books.

[Margaret]

Mark wrote: "David wrote: "G'day all, this is the link to where my poem is, I wrote it about our stay at Thala Beach Lodge resort & you would'nt believe it, after both my friend & I had been over the poem many ..."

You just beat me to it, Mark! I was going to suggest that perhaps it is 'gums' and 'run', but as you point out, that's very minor.:)

[Mark]

Margaret wrote: "Mark wrote: "David wrote: "G'day all, this is the link to where my poem is, I wrote it about our stay at Thala Beach Lodge resort & you would'nt believe it, after both my friend & I had been over t..."

Margaret,
You and I tend to spot the same things, but I think "pararhyme" is pretty much standard fare in all sorts of poetry. Emily Dickenson was notorious for it, so it obviously can't be a defect. :)

Come on, David, what's the secret? :)

[[deleted user]]

Mark & Margaret are right 'un' & 'um' as end rhymes are not true rhyming words & if entered into a competition for instance, would not even get a place, in the saved poem I have changed Gums to Gum & run to come.

Thank you all....(-:

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well there you go David...I thought it'd be something major!!! lol

[Mark]

Thanks David. That actually seems rather an unreasonable constraint on poetic expression, though. Only Gilbert and Sullivan come to mind as probably satisfying the requirement compulsively. I still liked your poem as written, and I'd hate to see the competition that would reject poor Emily on similar grounds. I suppose it's a form, though, like Haiku, but what do the judges say when rhymes work in one dialect of English, but not another?

[Margaret]

David wrote: "Mark & Margaret are right 'un' & 'um' as end rhymes are not true rhyming words & if entered into a competition for instance, would not even get a place, in the saved poem I have changed Gums to Gum..."
:))

[Mark]

To keep all your sounds on a leash,
Be sure to say "Adam Dalgliesh,"
But don't have a cow, or call it "a foul,"
If others say "Adam Dalgliesh."

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mark wrote: "To keep all your sounds on a leash,
Be sure to say "Adam Dalgliesh,"
But don't have a cow, or call it "a foul,"
If others say "Adam Dalgliesh.""

:):)

[Margaret]

Mark wrote: "To keep all your sounds on a leash,
Be sure to say "Adam Dalgliesh,"
But don't have a cow, or call it "a foul,"
If others say "Adam Dalgliesh.""

:)
I've never heard it, before.:)

[Mark]

Margaret wrote: "Mark wrote: "To keep all your sounds on a leash,
Be sure to say "Adam Dalgliesh,"
But don't have a cow, or call it "a foul,"
If others say "Adam Dalgliesh.""

:)
I've never heard it, before.:)"

"A poor thing, but mine own," I'm afraid, written just now to illustrate my point. :)

[Margaret]

Mark wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Mark wrote: "To keep all your sounds on a leash,
Be sure to say "Adam Dalgliesh,"
But don't have a cow, or call it "a foul,"
If others say "Adam Dalgliesh.""

:)
I've never heard ..."
That explains why I hadn't heard it...:)

[[deleted user]]

Thank you Brenda...(-:

Mark, here in Oz, when writing in Australian bush poetry & entering a competition the rhyme must be exact & true rhyme, stress & unstressed sylables must be consistent & "scan", if you get through that and the comp. dwindles down to a selected few then the judges look at punctuation.

The way the Aboriginals pronounce KuKu Yalanji is like this Ku Ku Yal an ji the bold indicating stress. I agree that I should not have placed a space between KuKu.

http://www.standbycairns.com/tours/57...

Yes, the wonderful Emily Dickinson & her 'slant' rhymes would not make the cut with Australian Bush poetry....LOL!!

I also enjoy writing Haiku (traditional that is) I've noticed (& my opinion only) some academics seem to have found the disciplines of 'traditional' poetry to hard & have changed it to suit themselves thus ended up with Haiku, Tanka, sonnets, Villanells, etc that looks similar but not "traditional" eg. Haiku & Tanka with any number of sylables, sonnets that can have 11, 12, 13, 14 words per line & or more than 14 lines per poem. I enjoy traditional & the challenge of writing such.

Here is one of my Haiku & Tanka.

Morning hark of crows
Sun warms Australian bush
Life is to be lived.


Whales

In this great expanse
Whales breach the oceans surface
show their weathered tail
then splash in magnificence
on their yearly migration.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lovely David! The whales words brings to mind the mother and her calf frolicking in Sydney Harbour last week, and just tonight it was reported they are in the Hawkesbury River at the moment:) Beautiful!

[[deleted user]]

Yes & Migaloo was sighted off Pt. Douglas...(-:

I've posted a the revised version of my poem "A Far North Odyssey" below.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

[[deleted user]]

Off to watch the footy, talk a little later....Go the Storm!!!...(-:

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

David wrote: "Yes & Migaloo was sighted off Pt. Douglas...(-:

I've posted a the revised version of my poem "A Far North Odyssey" below.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8......"

Yes, I heard that too, that's really great!!!


You don't like THAT footy, do you;P

[[deleted user]]

I'm a Rugby League boy from waaayyyy!! back...(-:

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're a silly duffer.....Aussie Rules....rules..lol

[Emily]

If we're going to talk sports can we talk dancing or circus? They're much more interesting sports for me ;)

[Tracey]

Glad I'm not the only Aussie Rules fan here - go the Hawks!

And yes, it probably does sound silly to say I'm only sharing our news with a few people but I guess I just think of us as a group of friends who meet when we can via the net - I rarely think about the rest of the world so I suppose that was a bit dumb :)

Never mind - if/when it happens [I get pregnant] I'll be shouting it from the rooftops lol.

And David after you'd pointed out the mistake and I re-read the poem I could see it but I've never entered a formal poetry competition. The poetry I write is more free form, mostly rhyming but not always and I don't follow set rules. [See still a rebel without a clue lol]

And I'll talk circus with you Emily - I actually come from a circus background. My grandfather was a circus owner, ringmaster & lion tamer, my grandmother [who was a Romany Gypsy] was a trapeze artist and acrobat. They ran the circus together for many years, mostly performing in bush and outback towns until they had an accident transporting the animals and apparently all the animals died. My grandfather couldn't afford to replace them all so went into farming instead.

[Emily]

Tracey wrote: "And I'll talk circus with you Emily - I actually come from a circus background. My grandfather was a circus owner, ringmaster & lion tamer, my grandmother [who was a Romany Gypsy] was a trapeze artist and acrobat..."

That is awesome!! Did you learn any circus tricks as a tot?

[Margaret]

David wrote: "Thank you Brenda...(-:

Mark, here in Oz, when writing in Australian bush poetry & entering a competition the rhyme must be exact & true rhyme, stress & unstressed sylables must be consistent & "sc..."

Your mention of Haiku reminds me of my first published effort, that of a twelve year old being published in a school magazine. Thanks for the memory.:)

[Amber]

I was in my car this morning saying goodbye to my other half for the day, and there was a huge huntsman on my shoulder!!! :( Typical arachnophobe, I freaked out...

[Katie]

Haha Amber I would have aswell.... Spiders eeekkkk!!! Lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Amber wrote: "I was in my car this morning saying goodbye to my other half for the day, and there was a huge huntsman on my shoulder!!! :( Typical arachnophobe, I freaked out..."

Oh Amber...ON YOUR SHOULDER!!! Oh I would have freaked out too!!! Probably passed out...lol

[Amber]

I used so much flyspray that the interior of the car was white and foggy...and it STILL didn't kill the thing! Evil, horrid little beasts... :(