© Manfred Vijars 2007.

Here in this country a bloke is a bloke
and a girl is a Sheila fair dinkum no joke
and here is one more thing I’m telling you straight
I’m an Australian so just call me “Mate.”

Overseas you may be an ‘amigo’ senor,

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 © Manfred Vijars 2007

I’m writing in sheer desperation
dear Fluffy is missing you see.
I’ve searched high and low and can’t find her
I’m sure she is no escapee.

The kids sit distraught and are crying
they consider her much more like kin.
She’s quiet and shy and so cuddly
now missing much to our chagrin.

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© 2021 Manfred Vijars

The rider burst on to the open road
and into the lifting mist;
But settled soon to the piston’s pull
with a twist of the resolute wrist,

Leaned into each curve with the ease of silk
as it slides across a board;

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© 2018 Manfred Vijars

Beloved country of the Dreamtime
Desert stars like eyes ablaze
night-time beaming, glowing, warming
You continue to amaze.

Solitude in wide expanses
Red and green and blue imbued
As I travel through this country
May I reverently intrude?

In your Cathedral of Horizons
is contentment,

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© 2021 Manfred Vijars

Green canvas bundle on the ground, a coat of morning dew
the bundle shakes, something’s inside – a head comes into view
A long low sigh, intake of breath; a stretch and then he moans.
Covers cast, he sits upright rubs his back and groans.

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