Friday, March 11, 2011

Metverse Muse.

Earlier I mentioned that this piece, Flash Flood, had been selected for inclusion in Dr Tulsi's current issue.
At that time I was unable to locate a copy.
However, stored within my Verbatim archive is an original written in WriteNow. -


Through a pearling, blackening  sky
can be seen far overhead,
dark and stormy clouds on high.        
A storm is dwelling, gaining strength.
thunder rumbles gaining force.
Soon, rain drops falling in the North.

Clouds are bulging, rolling over
causing concern for the drover,
as he drives those mindless sheep
toward the pens in which to keep,
them from straying, getting lost.
Must be saved at any cost.

Thunder crashes. Lightning flashes.
Across the paddocks drover dashes,
through the gate, across the river-
beware the bridge is not a sliver.
Liquid silver spewing forth
caused by rainstorm in the North.

Flash floods happen frequently.
Thunder-heads are seen on high.
Lightning causes lambs to fly
to their mothers for protection,
they do not know in which direction.
Those that can’t go helter-skelter.

One drover has the task alone,
red kelpie dog is not a drone.
She circles out around the sides,
rounds ‘em up and brings ‘em in
to the flock that’s now not thin,
bolstered by the stragglers few,
the mob moves on without ado.

In the pen and on high ground,
brought in safe by man with hound,
due to storms so early warning
in the omni-present sky.
Upon natures signals he’ll rely
to help him guard his treasured prize.
(c). Rimeriter.
       revised -           6/6/03.

It probably seemed appropriate, considering our recent rain events.

Friday, March 04, 2011

Metverse Muse.

"G'day",
I may have mentioned elsewhere recently that my latest issue of this marvellous compilation arrived.
It is published in India by Dr H. Tulsi Ph.D.
This issue contains 750 poems in structured verse, by over 700 World Poets and is circulated to 63 countries. There are 42 Aussies included.

I have been contributing for some years now and regularly succeed in having an item or two published.
This time it is -
Flash Flood

Through a pearling blackening sky
can be seen far overhead
dark and stormy clouds on high.

A storm is dwelling, gaining strength.
Thunder rumbles with mighty force.
Soon, rain drops falling in the North.

**
This is the first of six stanzas.
I cannot find my electronic copy to repeat it in its entirety at this time.

As and when, the remainder will be added.

It is fortunate my piece appears alongside Ellis Campbell's - Account of Mortgagee.
Ellis is another Aussie. He is widely published and well respected in our Aussie genre.

I am in esteemed company.
"ooroo for now"
Jim.