Christmas 2021

Christmas 2021

For : Gwen and Peter

However much it tried,

our patience was tested, felt shriveled and dried.

We made choices, some say decide.

To stay the course, to take the ride.

With family at Christmas, all is just fine!

For : Mum

A rhyme saps time,

can confuse the mind.

I haven't been drinking,

not sipping any wine.

The year that has gone.

The bottles we all got through.

Staying merry now

and all through 2022!

Birthday - January 2014

Birthday - January 2014

Another year has passed.
Successful navigation of the maze.
You're still quite the dreamer,
that adventurous look in your gaze.
Lucky, unlike your brothers,
you're still keeping away the greys.
The life of the party,
a shining light, those bright sun rays.
Maybe even like a Mars bar,
work, rest and mostly plays.
Something though, is on our mind.
A simple message, a simple phrase.
Hope it was something special,
A 'Happy Birthday', one of those exceptional days!

Birthday April 2015 - 58th Birthday

Birthday April 2015 - 58th Birthday

A teapot may seem a little strange
but it's a symbol that represents change.
Those times when thing are quiet,
when you are relaxing on your own.
Not worrying about such and such diet
or some bandit on the end of the phone.
Dreams and thoughts, sprout out of the air
formulating your happiness, whatever your dare

40th Birthday

40th Birthday - For Ryan

As we get older, birthdays they merge.
Just like hotel guests, to a concierge.
Oh to have a button, a way to delay.
To spend more time, to plan a parade.
Or something even more remarkable,
imagine being captain of a large and buoyant carnival!
A celebration of not just age
but your life, loves and successes you've made!

Words: carnival, parade, concierge, captain

6 Year Anniversary

6 Year Anniversary

The taste of your lips,

is still so soft and sweet.

The fondest of memories,

when our lips, they meet.

The smell of your hair,

the scent hits my nose.

I think of it when you’re not there.

More subtle than a rose.

You make me high.

Just like from sugar.

My wife, my lover.

You are such a good looker.

And our time it is moving.

Like the tick of the clock.

And the constant, your beauty,

is soothing,

dazzling,

amazing,

gorgeous.
Like the feathers of a grand peacock.

++++

6th Anniversary Gift is Candy

Card had an artistic rose and peacock.

Work Mates - Retirements

Work Mates - Retirements

Keith

We will all miss the trivia.
Sport, movies, queens, the capital of Bolivia.
Your tilt at the seat, the most important chair.
Not the top job but with Eddie on Millionaire
It all leaves a big hunger, and let's up the ante.
Let's order a pizza, that would feed a small family.

Malcolm

The day it is coming, nearer and nearer
No more statistics and no more for JIRA
Fond are the memories, of all in the past.
Pleasant the feeling, close that last task.

Roger

Slam that door shut.
Make sure it's fully closed.
Driving off into the sunset.
Maximum rubber to the road.

Natalie

Breaking free!
I think you'll agree.
Is turning out well.
Escaping from 4GL hell.

Simon

Heaps more time for on-line gaming
Bandits at Barwon were only for training.
And whether on-line or travelling afar,
always make time for playing guitar.

Denise

The timing was awkward, or so it all seems.
But finally figured out, what it all means.
It's more time with family and trips overseas.
There's no more diistrations, no need to think twice.
Free, individual, a mother, grandmother and wife.
Enjoy your next adventure, your next stage of life.

Dehlia

Just think about all the spare time,
crafting and honing the perfect rhyme,
Accompanied by music, a beautiful country song.
Straight from the heart, where it should come from.

Valentines Day - February 2013

Valentines Day - February 2013

So many have tried, searched far and wide.
They gaze into the stars, others deep into their hearts.
The need to explain, just why it matters.
Their efforts are left, mostly in tatters.

It's the love of your wife.
It's the love of your live.
A certain mystery replete.
Which leaves you fulfilled and complete.

Birthday February 2013 - 36th Birthday

Birthday February 2013 - 36th Birthday

Frolicking around the garden, like a lady bird.
A little whisper, it may have been heard.
Freshly cut flowers, some fruit in the mix.
Our favourite garden fairy, turning thirty six.

Like the most beautiful tree in the garden.
Our eyes they adore, stare, please beg our pardon.
A birthday, a stepping stone to the next stage,
of growth and of life, turn the next page.

Birthday February 2013 - Matthew

Birthday February 2013 - Matthew

40 years is a long time in the shred scene.
Only a single bloke still playing so clean.
It's not Satriani or his good mate Steve Vai.
Although it's true, they do like to try.

Cannot imagine that a day has passed by.
Without a musical appendage sitting nearby.
Have a great day, an always upbeat mood.
Shredding so cleanly and shredding in tune.

Birthday March 2013 - Grandma

Birthday March 2013 - Grandma

Your wonderful age is now eighty five.
Your experience, life lessons, money cannot buy.
Your joys and your happiness, memory brings back.
Your life all the colours, white, through red, to evening dress black

Have a happy birthday
and enjoy the whole day.
With the clink of our glasses,
setting it on it's way.

5 Year Anniversary

5 Year Anniversary

When you reach five years,
they all talk of wood.
I'm recalling what has passed
and it's all been very good

Five milestones amongst many.
On the winding path of our lives.
As a team and on our own.
Our dreams, we work, we realise.

But when life throws distractions,
that seem to muddle the way.
I remember what really matters.
Our love for each other,
that we celebrate on this day

Birthday September 2012 - Aunt

Birthday September 2012 - Aunt

Our lives they come in stages
emerging as we pass through our ages

Like a caterpillar snuggling inside a cocoon
bursting free not too late or too soon

this stage is freedom, move through your day
twisting and turning any which way

enjoying your birthday, spreading your wings
a new lease on life, the joys it does bring

Birthday September 2012 - Uncle

Birthday September 2012 - Uncle

Golf, they say, is harder than it seems
the colourful language, the putting green

A relaxing walk with ample time to talk
about birthdays, grandkids, family and sport

Spend the next year, doing that which you choose
improving your handicap and an afternoon snooze

Thank You For Everything

Thank You For Everything

I know we've said thank you
for what you have done

I know we'll say thank you
for what is to come

No matter the number
it won't feel like enough

The three of us grateful
your generosity, your love
and all of the small stuff.

Something For Sister - 32nd BIrthday

Something For Sister - 32nd Birthday

Have you heard the news?
Stacey is now Thirty Two!

A newer woman with experience and culture
While living overseas on little island Malta

A newer woman, now sporting jewels
appreciation for the finer foods
and occasionally, some high heeled shoes

But still the signs I cannot miss
Beneath the surface, my little sis!

No Longer - Song Draft For A Friend

No Longer - Song Draft For A Friend

betrayed I feel
all the times I've kneeled
bowing down
the worship of a master

betrayed I feel
as NONE OF IT WAS REAL
a promise
of a life forever after

I .... CAN NO LONGER BELIEVE!
I .... AM NO LONGER DECEIVED!
MY... MIND IS FINALLY FREE!

pages I've turned
abide or be burned
ten commandments
or a life strewn with sin

pages I've turned
was NO SALVATION TO BE EARNED
false promise
of eternity with a king

I .... CAN NO LONGER BELIEVE!
I .... WILL NOT REMAIN DECEIVED!
MY... MIND IS FINALLY FREE!

Something For Mum - April 2012

Something For Mum - April 2012

As you move through the ages,
your life transitions through phases.
The first blossom of a rose.
A time when you could touch your toes.

Even with struggles, questioning what it all meant.
Life always gives off a beautiful scent.
So use every moment and follow your nose.
Enjoying the journey, wherever it goes.

Something For Brother - 30th Birthday

Something For Brother - 30th Birthday

Happy Birthday Brother, so glad we are related!

Now that you're 30, you might begin to feel sophisticated,
or maybe it's more like confused, really discombobulated.

The many memories of the girls that you've dated,
or maybe the dolls that have been inflated.

The bottles of Jack and how you feel elated.
Your favourite drink, its influence, cannot be debated.

Straining to remember, some things need to be translated.
It's thirty years and 9 months after the day you were created!

+++

Challenge words provided by Brownie :- sophisticated, discombobulated, straining

Valentines Day - February 2012

Valentines Day - February 2012

Valentines day is not my cup of tea but it does make me think about my wife, my love and what you mean to me.

Our lives are so busy and time it is just flying. Spending much time on housework and doing the ironing.

Let's pause for a minute, or even a sec and think of the fun, the good times and how we first met.

Living Healthy - January 2012

Living Healthy

Some people parrot on about living a healthy life but you are about action and not words.

Soaring and cycling, truly living, living healthy.

Then comes the unexpected, a clipped wing, a blown tyre.

Not a wake up call, not a warning. Just another opportunity to look it in the face and laugh like a galah.

Get back on the bike, unruffle your feathers and soar like an eagle once again.

----

A family member had an unfortunate health scare. The card had a parrot on the front.