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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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I made a deal with Time:
I'd poem badly
if it'd stop its bad stuff happening.
I'd give my happiness for that.

I was thick as wood:
it quickly used up all my joy,
then everyone else's.
All we got out of the deal was bad poetry;
there was no noticeable change to the good.

Douglas Scotney

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Topic(s) of this poem: language,poetry,quality,time

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B.m. Biswas 02 September 2016

is it pretty worry you from within unless you write it to be calm? if I get the meaning..... in this regard I request you if you wish to read my poem Idotic Poem....it may seems similar....l may be totally wrong.. .thanks.

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