Without Rhyme or Reason

[Dunc]

Which way to the bookies?


..1. Overture 2015
..2. To my Dearest Friends
..3. The Tenants
..4. To the Leader
..5. My Library
..6. Easter
..7. Half Full
..8. Easter Sunday
..9. Narcissus
10. Triolet
11. The Sun Tree
12. Optional Compulsory Cat Poem 2015
13. Looking appalled on death
14. Reunion
15. True Romances
15A. Traditional Poem for the Half-Way Point 2015
16. Captain Australia
17. Prayer and Manifesto
18. Blue Evening
19. Lament for Montserrat Figueres
20. Confusion and Remembering Fire
21. Late Train
22. To Richard Dawkins
23. Imagined Fragments 12: Prologue to The Brunswick Papers
24. That Saturday with Ros
25. Anzac Day at Gallipoli 2015
26. Haiku à deux voix
27. Salute to Pepper
28. Executive
29. Near Wyalong
30. An April Riddle


  

[Dunc]

1 April 2015



OVERTURE!

Roll up!
Bowl up!
Don’t fail to smile!
It hurts
for certs
just a wee while!

It’s here!
It’s clear!
It’s what the rules say!
The start o’
NaPo
’s April Fool’s Day!


  

[avalanche]

Yeeehaw ! Bang thet drum, bwah!!!!

[prooftheory]

I had a brief panic that it was already NaPoMo, so I guess you got me.

[Dunc]

Prooftheory

It's 1 April already in Oz!

In fact, under our present government, every day here is April Fool's Day.

Dunc

[merelynn]

Happy NaPoMo! : )

[Jee Leong]

In fact, under our present government, every day here is April Fool's Day.

*snigger* Glad to see you here. Looking forward to a month of wit and wisdom.

[Sorella]

-- and they're off!! Australia is not content to have outbowled the world this month, they take the lead in the NaPo World Series!
i love your Over-Tour, Dunc. In fine form, again

Sorella, half an hour from 1 April here by now. Eek!

[Sorella]

Dunc,
Oh, that Sun Tree delighted me and warmed my heart, and your wife's at the time, I warrant. ☺😊😀

[Janet]

Oh, I adore the Sun Tree (awesome title too)! Love the almost universal nostalgia it conjures when it comes to raising boys. My boy has been a science nut since born. Loved seeing the wonder if space through his eyes. Bravo for you, a happy moment delightfully captured.

[Dunc]

Rachael - for the demo you'll need pen, paper, ruler and each planet's diameter and distance from the sun. The rest is in the scaling and the pacing out.

Donner - when you've been trying to rhyme as long as I have, it gets easier, I promise.

Rob - I acknowledge your expertise with the virtues! Thanks for dropping by,

Karin - yes, three blokes radiantly entering the kitchen with a great flurry of words made an impression all right.

Janet - Ain't it great when you can see through kids' eyes for just a moment and remember ...


Thanks for your kind words, one and all!

Regards / Dunc

[Dunc]

12 April 2015



OPTIONAL COMPULSORY CAT POEM 2015

In nineteenth century Paris you could find
wife, mistress, courtesan, and tart
and more particular gradings of that kind.
Cats aren’t of such mind.

They’re more d’Artagnan’s style, wrought small,
employing in pursuit of pussy
the musqueteering waul and brawl and bawl.
Listen! All for one and one for all!



  

[Dunc]

13 April 2015



Looking appalled on death
out of season
do not rest
till you devise a reason
since if you see none
there will not be one.



  

[Sorella]

Got a seat on the bus! Grabbed rather. 60 does not get you courtesy or a rebate. I need more years now!

Soo the muse poem on remembered fire -- love it!! 😊
Blue Evening. Aah! So wistful.

You are nothing if not versatile, now lyrical. You raise the bar, you do.

[cookala]

cheers Dunc! I see you're still going strong! but it's almost time for our traditional dance!
Reunion - a chaotic take on aging - I know this scenario well...
True Romances - love this, and you get awesome sauce for emic and etic
Mid-Way Poem - sums up the state of affairs here!
Captain Australia - *sigh* last strophe calls to mind the USA, maybe it's a pandemic...
Prayer and Manifesto - mate, me thinks 98% of us are in trouble
Blue Evening - I like this for its fresh and unusual images, nicely done
Lament - this is lovely, and the melancholy tone is spot on
Confusion - huggermugger old bugger indeed! that made me lol, and then you sneak in that Duncanesque last liner twister. as if... thank you.
Late Train - that final strophe, for me, is not working as the conclusion comes from nowhere, but the rest is DuncWunderful!
To Richard Dawkins - one word, "Dick" sums up Ns message. this is quite good, and a wee bit scathing, but you finesse, as usual
Imagined Fragments - holy "eat" sounds Duncman! you amaze me - getting 14 lines to end with "eat" and make sense and move the poem forward! awesome sauce!