ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Hi all. It's been an age since I posted anything but in the interim I have managed to put pen to paper ( very occasionally ) so may as well share a few. Apologies if some have been posted previously. I've been a bit slack in dating the pieces so the old and the newer share the same page lists and my memory and I don't always walk the same path these days. I wrote a shorter version of this years ago and recently added a few verses.
Wazza

Where To Now?

I wrote a poem about some fishes
plated up looked quite delicious.
but they slipped and slid right off the dishes
before my poem was done.

I read the poems of others
to find inspiring thought
Shakespeare Wordsworth Milton
my endeavours came to naught

I turned my mind to Hemingway
for words that would instil
to Kipling Poe and Tolkien
but efforts came to nil

again I took my pen in hand
to try to make it right.
I wrote of whales and boats with sails
through morning noon and night.

I searched the sands on beaches far;
the waters deep and cool,
to find the words that radiate
like ripples on a pool.

I travelled over land and sea.
I searched each village small.
I asked of kings and commoners
for phrases to enthral

but for all my tribulations
no heights did I ascend
left searching unrequitedly
for words yet to be penned

Wazza

Well, some pretty good ones here Wazza.
Good to see one of yours again mate.

Terry

Thanks Terry. How's the prospecting going?

It's Sadly Long gone Warren, a combination of old age and infirmity has caught up with me mate.

Terry

Welcome back, Wazza! We've missed you. Great to have you posting your poetry again - keep it up!

Love the lament for lost words ... I think we can all relate to pen in hand, blank sheet of paper ... all the gear and no idea!!

Cheers
Shelley

Great to see you here again, Wazza. This is a most relatable topic - the frustration of when inspiration halts for a while is immense!

Have only very recently been writing again and even then sporadically. I appreciate your welcome backs.
Wazza

PS I've forgotten how (among many other things these days) to reply individually.

WHOOO HOOOO the Wazza is back Good to see you here again and contributing. Why not come on over to the writing workshop and have a go ...that will get you ticking along again nicely

Hi again. I have just had another look at the 'other users' info. I thought it was a non member posting area but I see it's for archived material. Apologies for that.
Wazza