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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Snake Skin.

For its long, thin, twisted pods,
the radermachera sinica
gets its common name, the serpent tree.
To me it's the vipers' nest.
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26 May, 21:37

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Buttons.

Since buttons last longer
than the material they're made for,
one supposes,
they can be used for other pur-poses.
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12 Apr, 19:58

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Drunken Inspiration.

Adelaide pronounced Addle-ade
is said to have come from someone
who drank too much persimmon wine
or spirit or such;
...

08 Mar, 18:51

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Sounds In Comics.

Funny, the spelling of sounds in comics:
SHINGGG and SHLLLLT, says a sword
as it exits its sheath,
SHUNKK as it enters a belly.
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23 Jan, 01:18

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Astrophysics And Rats.

Rats have evolved to eat green peaches
that are not even on the turn
(have not passed the event horizon)
and which have no use for a human being.
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12 Dec, 18:03

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled De Sanctimonious.

Trump suggests that, for disguise,
Ron Desantis shortened his name,

and that He's got a lot of scunge
...

10 Nov, 20:51

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Drawing Lesson.

Shut-up room
Pot of petunias
4 purple 1 white
After a night
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30 Oct, 22:19

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Splinter.

My best walking stick
wears an inner tube.
In Germany that is ein Schlauch.
...

25 Oct, 20:43

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Speed Writing.

The redundant end of 'though'
was clipped in early lectures.
Not tho was the end of 'dough'.
...

17 Oct, 23:58

Douglas Scotney shared a new poem titled Iceland.

Told
that using 'outlandish'
to mean 'foreign'
was archaic,
...

10 Oct, 20:41

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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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