John Mackinnon Poems

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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