Douglas Scotney Poems

To say without saying
'I'm all out of love',
you could call
that! part of your lover
...

It was to make up an absurdist excuse.

When you're addicted
to wasting so many hours a day
...

I call out 'God Is Great'
and kill unarmed infidels
and armed ones I catch by surprise.
The former arm
...

A politician knows
'Not letting a contrarian have his say'
is incorrect.
...

'ness' has it over 'necessarily'

'heat is not ness a deadly threat to who are used to it',
and '...is not a threat to those used to it'
...

I've moved.
To where I loathe
what they like, love and generously judge.
...

A drunk footballer
bonks a dog,
someone takes a pic
and sells it to the papers.
...

At 42, you know you didn't revisit
the walnut tree,
where you were so much your own master at 8,
because it would have humbled you
...

'Pokies, plus...
mean a good percentage
of the compensation to the poor
for an increase in the GST
...

On an easy day
back in Rome,
where expectoris
and expectus
...