Poems & Quotes

Poems Those Days... Remeber those days those days where they who lead us provided hope and optimism a prerequisite of governemnt ? a responsibilty of government? what is life without hope and without optimism? a grim reality of fear a grim reality of anxiety. So many now know no such days they are the fearful the anxious we who remember those days well we are the disapointed. Spring... A season of new beginnings, a season of urgent lust, a season of excitment an awakening, a renewal of colours, a statement of hope with grim determination our environment once again fights its own good fight the wilfully ignorant forever raising the bar, come on environment its spring how high can you Jump?. The Slice of Pizza... It was the slice of pizza that started the trouble there we were sitting outside at the Gage Roads Brewing Company, lunch time up to that point everything was calm almost serene a beautiful day by the shimmering water who would have thought a slice of pizza could create such unrest that slice of pizza tossed away by another patron all hell broke loose as a dozen seagulls contested the prize. Dangling... Cut him down they cried, cut him down The voices gathered the shouts, the urgings The voices inside his head deafening It was really simple in the end He reached for the knife and cut himself free First Light Walk (during a heatwave)... Nothing was said there was no talk We just carried on with the familiar walk The warmer it got The slower we moved The slower we moved The longer it took The longer it took The warmer we got The warmer we got The slower we moved A cat at number 7 changed everything. The Man In Charge Of The Bore Water Clock... Not for him a walk at first light The pungent obstacle course, Eau de Bore, i do abhore you The man in charge of the bore water clock? Well he is known as many things In my personal view today? he is a bit of a cock. Dew Of The Sea Magnetic, spiritual Taste, smell, vision, tempting, irresistable Being close, sublime Magnetism building, unending I shall embrace her and kiss her one day, it is inevitable. Running away to Nannup The dew of the sea spoke to me "lets run away to Nannup" she said "oh yes" i replied "lets do it" I realised we had already run away to Nannup, we were there No one knew where we were, no one else could see us, no one else could hear us I had tasted her, i was high, i wanted more I knew there was so much more to come, it excited me I shall wait, impatiently, i want to taste her again when we are next in Nannup. Living With Hobbo Eleven years of living with Hobbo I didnt really care It wasnt as if he was literally everywhere Eleven years of living with Hobbo I didnt really care But it did begin to wear Eleven years of living with Hobbo In the end i started to care It felt to me that it just wasnt that fair Eleven years of living with Hobbo No one knew no one had a clue It was simply eleven years of living with Hobbo. Quotations. "There is too much talking about art and not enough thinking about art" "You should not feel compelled to have relationships with members of your family who effect your mental wellbeing negatively" "Whilst celebrating the Christmas holiday which do not forget is based upon fabled stories contained within a book JK Rowling would have been pleased to have written. Take a moment to think about mans inhumanity to man, consider the past one thousand years and the contibution organised religion has played, happy Christmas everyone" "26th January Dinosaur Day" "As the post Christmas sales gather pace remember the biggest savings can be made if don't buy anything" "The campaign for the voice could be described as an Australian shit sandwich yesterday the NO voters passed out the cutlery" "I think history will draw a correlation between the increasing popularity of reality television and social decline" "It is a prerequisite of any democratically elected government to provide to the people a plentiful supply of hope and optimism " "In the end if governments continually fail to deliver hope and optimism, the responsibilty lies with the people, the people who continually waste their vote on unworthy candidates, people who find it easier to embrace apathy, people who find prioritising thinking too difficult" "Human beings are fatally flawed a good example is history. History is widely taught but llittle earned from it" "Some art critics believe they know what the artist was thinking when a particular piece of work was being created" "It would be best if people waited until they have finished using their faces before opting for Botox" "The next time that you hear an art critic talking about the rights and wrongs of producing art try not to let it weigh heavily, the next experimental wrong may just be a breakthrough" "For a moment visualise the world without organised religion. When you are done with that think about the past one thousand years without it" "If you are showing your work to the public you have already jumped the highest hurdle, ignore any possible negative comments the chances are the commentator has never produced a piece of art in their life never mind having the guts to show it publicly" "When your work speaks for itself try not to start an argument" "If you have any paintings that have turned in to monsters over the past year or so don't worry simply consign them to the learning curve and be excited at the prospect of recycling" "Trickle up economics. where the poor and middle classes pay the taxes, the rich pay the accountants and the wealthy pay the politicians" "The people who want everyone to work until they are 70 years old are the very same people who will not employ anyone over the age of 50" "Remember if you don't sin Jesus died for nothing" "There will come a day when the poor have nothing left to eat but the rich" "When you are painting there is a point where the painting will tell you what to do, remain connected, listen carefully" "How often is it that we find the cupboard bare of perception and vision but brimful with irony" "Keep painting don't worry about who see's your work, don't worry about who understands your work, just keep painting" "If the person who comments on your work is not an art critic then the comment is probably valuable" "Creativity is vital just like thinking and meaning , just like being in the present" "The extraordinary process of aging is really interesting for instance you wake up one day and find that you no longer care much at all about being included, understood or accepted" "If you keep looking back don't be surpised to discover that you are not moving forward" "What have you planned for that special day when our environment finally gives up and can no longer support us" "Ones state of mind is everything, it is a super power" "Faith based education and no education are not so different"
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