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Poesy.

Selected poems penned by the Dilettante.

The Grumpy Old Dilettante Poesy
Jaunty Poesy

Jaunty

Jaunty   It lets you have a less-than-fashionable- slightly-shabby-suit. Scuffed shoes. Salt and pepper stubble. Bad breath. Stained teeth.   There's a caveat though; you've got to be able to dance.       Emu 9/10 2015© The Grumpy Old…
February 9, 2023
Our two chooks Poesy

Our two chooks

Our two chooks gaze through the dining room window Metronome heads corrosion-coloured feathers yum cha feet Perched on the outside sill they are looking for something to eat While we contemplate eating them…     Emu 20/21© The Grumpy Old…
September 22, 2021
Lidcombe Poesy

Lidcombe

Lidcombe   A line of evergreen trees, a khaki green stripe across a grey flannel sky,   marches up the rise scattering headstones and sarcophagi   to the left and right.     © The Grumpy Old Dilettante, 2021
September 22, 2021
Citrus Meditation Poesy

Citrus Meditation

Citrus Meditation We got burnt We forgot the pale mandarin-juice-coloured late afternoon sunlight is only there for half an hour (at most) each day - the rest of the time the sun stares down raw and hard like an unpeeled…
September 20, 2021
The Assault Poesy

The Assault

The Assault The towers of the ‘Imperial’ city sat squat and quiet. Those stones did not cry out - no way! Imperial flags, corpuscle-red and eye-socket black, cracked like whips in the breeze, but did not wave a greeting -…
September 19, 2021