Clapped Out

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Nicole Kidman clapping, poem, poetry

The Catchy Clap

It’s a new kind of Aussie rap!
Raise your arms now and your feet tap!
Fingers spread – make a gap!
Palm to palm with a slap!
Now you’re doin’ the Kidman Clap!

Aberrant Applause

Run for cover and sound the alarms!
Oh just look how she’s waving her arms!
And her hands are all weird!
It is just as we feared –
Nicole Kidman, she claps with her palms!

The Kidman Clap

Pole Dancing

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Bipolar, Bipolar industry, Bipolar misdiagnosis, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

Many people these days have two poles –
Switch from one to the other – poor souls.
They’re not happy or blue,
They’re bipolar – it’s true;
It explains why they can’t reach their goals.

Bipolar Industry

Worthless

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, free verse, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

Free advice, I have found, is a curse.
You take it, it empties your purse.
Its worth I would say
Is about what you pay.
It reminds me, somewhat, of free verse.

Rights

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australian formal poetry, Australian traditional poetry, Formal poetry, poem, poetry

Your rights, young fellow, you demand;
But rights to food and shelter and
The right to liberty and land –

By your forefathers, these were won;
By sacrifice, and by the gun.
Young man, take heed, be thankful son;

Such rights as you enjoy are rare.
Your rights? Observe what others bear;
Those with but one – to breathe the air.

Crappy Art

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Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Modern art, poem, poetry, Post modernism

My wonderful work is a hit!
It’s insects and excrement knit!
The art world’s elated
By what I’ve created –
Two flies on a glazed piece of shit.

Shitart

Hidden World

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australian formal poetry, Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, manipulation by the media, Media agenda, Media propaganda, Misinformation, Official secrets, poem, poetry, Real world versus the perceived world, Spenserian sonnet, The secret world

There isn’t just one world, for there are two.
One is the world that most of us may see.
The other world is seen by just a few,
And hidden from the likes of you and me.
But there was once a man who held a key
That opened doors into that other sphere.
Then he could see the real reality,
So different to the daily fog and fear
That issues from the media – the queer
Obsession with replacing facts with lies;
That’s what we read and each day what we hear:
Racism rages, homophobes and spies
Abound, the Russians hack and pull the strings;
Yet in his world he saw quite different things.

Positive Feedback

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Fake news, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

You’re selective in your choice of ”News”,
For it’s pleasure, not pain, that you choose.
You don’t care if it’s “Fake”,
So the paper you’ll take
Is the one reinforcing your views.

Iraq Etc.

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Arab Spring, Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Invasion of Iraq, Knee-jerk reactions, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, Middle East chaos, Middle East wars, poem, poetry, Radical Islam

Emotions may land you in trouble.
They shatter; they burst like a bubble.
Look over the oceans –
Acts based on emotions
Bring misery, carnage and rubble.

A Scorching Retreat

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Australian poet, Barack Obama, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, Scorched Earth policy

A crushing defeat – how it stuns.
And soon from The White House he runs.
But as he withdraws
He makes damaging laws,
Scatters sand in the works, spikes the guns.

Crash Diet

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Australian poet, crash test dummies, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, obesity, poem, poetry

Stronger springs – wider seats – ain’t it great?
Plus more power – need at least a V8
To get them up to speed,
And it’s all due to greed –
All the dummies are putting on weight.

Fat crash test dummies