Ivan Donn Carswell Poems

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1.
Breathe Again

keeping a day ahead when
space occupied by those
preceding still reeks of
waste is deemed vagrancy
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2.
In-Between

you caught me in-between
those things I didn’t start
and the few that
simply got away
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3.
Bilove Ran Out/I/B

the simple account
love ran out
no-longer sustained by
medieval bracelets charmed
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4.
Bigrit/I/B

Yesterday’s dust storm dashed
unrealistic pretension about
Nature’s propriety – there’s
nothing better expressed than
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5.
Wither Away

a way to piss
yourself off thoroughly
and guarantee morbidity
is by trying to please
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6.
Market In The Rain

Bob’s view was we couldn’t run
away, rain didn’t demand unilateral
surrender; we were men-at-arms
used at least to deprivation and
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7.
Sacred Space

even sacred space has room that's
not invasion proof - there's liberal
confirmation raids incurring greater
anguish now occur most every day;
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8.
Bed Of Roses

Who stole your scented memories
pot-pourri’s of your youth with
vacant promises – a charlatan
a superficial swain with wisdom
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9.
Australia Day

might have been a consequence of
three strong coffees or the splendid
isolation but woe is me, did I forget
which was our National Day?
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10.
Angela’s Poem

letting moments like this slip
regales a dream’s allure
insubstantial drifts of form are
sure as melody to inner ear
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