Sliding from the silky, satin sheets
She skirts the moon-skimmed terrace
And scans the sparkling, star-sprinkled sky
 
As slender arms loosely clasp her svelte silhouette
So too her thoughts encircle her sweetheart
 
She smiles as she recalls their tryst...
 
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 Always hoping, always dreaming. Alone.
Big sister to her brothers; minded dad.
The little girl so full of love; now grown.

Tomorrows came and yesterdays were gone
Some days were good; but, God, some days were bad.
Always hoping, always dreaming. Alone.

Said mother to her/… Read full post »

Celestial, heavenly queen
beauty unrivalled
Oh vanity! ‘Tis quicksand of reason
and angry Gods speak

Purity and innocence
surrendered
shackled to crystalline quartz
and blamelessness the sacrificial quarry

Retribution is costly --
though beauty shines brightly;
with vanity
comes lonely truth

&nb… Read full post »

25 April - ANZAC Day.  The day The ANZAC Legend was born.

ANZAC day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by the soldiers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.  ANZACs … a name they wore with the greatest of pride.  A name that, to… Read full post »

Like the falling twilight
love of life fades
and darkness becomes my companion

All within me near withers

Yet the circle of life –
of living
brings the promise of a new day

A reawakening to light
where happiness
and love
can be found once more

Such is… Read full post »

Hey there, Trudge ... I did it!

 A bit of a mix but perhaps there's some common threads here too.

Christmas all wrapped up!

Binocular boy!

Christmas joy - the joy of giving!

A gorgeous girl

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Gosh!  I don’t know if you’ve missed me at all but I sure have missed you!!!    I feel like I’ve been gone for so, so long!  But really, it’s only been something like 11 days  since I was last here! (Who's counting anyway? Oh, yes, that would be m/… Read full post »

A picture
painted with all the colours of imagination
hangs in the gallery of my mind

A beautiful image
and I can't help but gaze upon it with longing 

I suspect it will hang there forever more

A sound
playing over and over again
in my ear
A voice --
your voice
unique and soothing
almos… Read full post »

In my heart are you –
always you
never far
always close.
You are here
in my heart
just you --
beautiful you.

On my mind are you –
always you
whispering,
talking,
laughing,
smiling.
You are here
 on my mind
just you --
beautiful you.

In my day are you –
always you
in my morning,
in my noon
i/… Read full post »

Here you go, Rita and Julie ... me in the 1980's!

Sydney - 1980's style!

At a dinner for my 21st - 1980 to be exact!

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Today is Australia Day ... a national holiday and a day when we Aussies remember and celebrate our history and all that we have achieved.  It's also a day to down a tinny or three; go for a swim (well, that is when it's not practically flooding from all the rain like it has… Read full post »

It is my “Blogiversary” today
Two years! Can you believe it? Goodness me!
I’m not the kind to throw a huge par-tay
I’d much prefer to do something low key

Today I'll mark with simple verse; a rhyme
And smile for all the blessings I have found
In this abode where I sp… Read full post »

lonely hours pass into days
and I know not where I should turn
in the dead of a summer haze
my sorry heart doth mutely yearn

with comfort and caress long gone
and hope but a fanciful dream
should all reveries be withdrawn
and solitude held in esteem

where is reason and where is rhyme
they move not forw… Read full post »

 ‘Tis the eyes of the Lobster: all beady and black
Little black pearls; but luster they lack
They stare and stare with nary a blink.
And heavens to Betsy if you know what they think!
With pinchers and crushers and blood of blue
I’m not so sure I’d want one in my stew!
The new… Read full post »

COUNTING DOWN TO 2012 WITH YOU!

 COME ON!  COME JOIN US!

 WE'RE WAITING FOR YOU!

Where has the year gone?  I can’t keep up!

Well, Christmas Eve is about to break Down Under.  It’s been a very busy day filled with shopping, wrapping, cooking and visiting and I am almost past tired.  But before I lay my head down on the pillow that is loudly calling/… Read full post »

It wasn’t until a few days ago that I really gave Christmas a thought.  Before that whenever anyone talked of their plans for Christmas; the presents they had bought for loved ones; or the feast they were planning for Christmas lunch;  I pretty much wanted to run away.  Bu… Read full post »

only
cool winds embrace
the solitary soul
wading through a rippled ocean
alone

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Surrounded by four siblings but, peculiarly, he seemed alone.

In time this river will run dry

though now it flows fast and free

boundless and untamed

it knows no fear

it is not tranquil and composed

but ruthless; brutal

Carried harshly in its fierce flow

I have nothing left within

to fight the torrent that surrounds me

that time… Read full post »

On ever-changing tides
they floated for nigh a lifetime
growing worn
tattered
and frayed around the edges

They were tangible once
and precious
even solemn

But
somewhere along the way
they were neglected
discarded
and abandoned

On the darkest of stormy seas they bobble now –
weather-beaten
unrecognizable
dec… Read full post »

Out and about in my town ... Lismore, NSW, Australia. 

The view over town from my home

St Carthage's Cathedral

Richmond River High School (built 1958) - when my parents… Read full post »

gilded glory
mantles morn
resplendent  entrance
of new dawn

I held you then
within my gaze
I hold you now
you’re with me – always

© Kate Little 2011
All Rights Reserved Read full post »

About a month or so back, Torman put out an Open Call for "Small Joys" and I responded with a poem I wrote rather hurriedly titled, "in the hush of the moment". 

I've spent a little more time with it now, reworked it (especially the second half) and hope that those of… Read full post »