John Mackinnon

Vietnam 1969

All his life he lived by the sea
And often dreamed of the gentle tide
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I am seeing it all now12/2/17

I am seeing it all now
Sadly, as a last farewell.
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So we must come to the ending of days - Family 9/2/17

So we must come to the ending of days,
Of conversations
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Noongah - Sunk 25/8/69

I stand facing the lake
And the wind whipping at white caps
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John Hulse - 18/9/20
7/11/50 - 24/7/11

Almost every night,
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Photograph - 9 CT Domed Glass Locket - 5/1/16
(Lorne estate jewellery shop)

So, this is where I found you
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When they found him...

When they found him
There was nothing else
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Bali - 22/7/15

'It's the not knowing' you said.
'It's the not knowing when'.
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Poems Come as Pirates 5/9/09

Poems come as pirates,
Unexpected.
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To Ben 19/11/2014

We are a few
Of those
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Glenrowan Pub 24/1/15

I met a shearer at a bar
Who chatted for awhile,
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Shanghai Garden 23/8/15

I begged a brolly from the desk
And wandered in the rain
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Our Father's Suit - 10/2/15

This is the suit our father loved.
His voice still echos
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Until the end..

Until the end I will submit
These tears of tiny observation shed
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Birthday Card to Heidi 17/8/01

Half darkness led them,
The young girl and her father
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The world was made round....20/3/11

He took her to an old pub in Collingwood
And held her hand through the music.
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Garden Umbrella 18/8/12

I have been blind
For far too long,
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Parents 12/6/16

I wonder if my parents will remember me?
Now they are gone.
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To Jemma - Shanghai 18/3/16

'I am done with this day,
And it with me.
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Jemma's Picture 13/5/16

The fact that you stopped to capture this
The fact that you saw at all
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